Telephony & Data Network Services

Tender description

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is putting in place an agreement for mechanisms to access and gain network connectivity and telecommunication services including services over the Public Services Network (PSN) for use by or on behalf of the UK public sector bodies. The services to be made available under the Framework Agreement will include data access services; local connectivity services; traditional telephony services; inbound telephony services; IP-telephony solutions; mobile, voice and data services; paging services; video conferencing; audio conferencing; and integrated communications services, including, but not limited to, networks, corporate and guest Wi-Fi, gateways and related services; voice lines and minute bundles; mobile services including voice and data, pager services; email services; internet service provision, content filtering services and intruder detection systems; communication services including video and audio conferencing services, and unified communications; call centre services; and associated supporting services including but not limited to security, information assurance, design / build / operate consultancy, acquisition, technology audit and site surveys; innovation and exploitation of new and emerging technologies and products, management and support, agency and professional services, and other services as needed by the Authority. The council intends to hold an introductory briefing session for interested suppliers to discuss the requirements in more detail. This is provisionally scheduled for the afternoon of 14th January 2015 and will be held at Westminster City Council, City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP. Suppliers interested in attending should email David Golledge at dgolledge@westminster.gov.uk in the first instance to register a place at the briefing.