Health and Social Care Network Peering Exchange Services

Tender description

The Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) has been in place nationally for over four years. It has created the effect of a single network across Heath and Social Care providers and their partners. The HSCN Peering Exchange Services form a key supply chain component and facilitates independent network interconnection between the disaggregated HSCN network service providers. The HSCN Peering Exchange Services may subsequently be procured by wider public bodies, as described in section V1.3) below. Lot 1: The procurement seeks a supplier to provide and manage a hosted network peering exchange solution and the management of the same. More detail is provided in the ITT and associated contract documentation.The services will be utilised by bodies providing health and social care in England, including any other body named or referred to as a 'Service Recipient' under a Call-Off Agreement (as defined in the contract documentation). Further information regarding the bodies entitled to utilise the Framework Agreement is set out at section V1.3) below. The maximum value of the contract reflects the Contracting Authority's best estimate of usage.