Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 5 Nov 2024, 10:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Wightfibre Circuits - 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton

Official notice

Authority: Isle of Wight NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ34)

Awarded value£11,400published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 30 Jun 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Wight Fibre

What is being bought

Published requirement description

1 x 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

Extensions: 12m initial term + 12m potential extension

48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 5 Nov 2024, 10:59 GMT
Last source update: 6 Nov 2024, 11:27 GMT
Authority reference: DN749424
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-035895
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area: South East (UKJ34)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b3f4 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: 1 x point to point connection between County Hall and Somerton. August 2024 - July 2025 (with 12m extension possible to July 2026)
The supplier (Wight Fibre) has its own Island Infrastructure already in situ; any other supplier would depend on utilising Open Reach infrastructure to supply our requirements, which in itself carries a higher cost than is offered by Wight Fibre, whose infrastructure is already in place. A cost comparison with another provider was carried out with Wight Fibre as lowest cost, but with additional benefits such as monitoring of real time bandwidth and traffic usage. Wight Fibre’s offering also includes a large number of public IP addresses on two of the direct internet connections, upstream DNS mirroring, built in resilience, 24/7 365 days a year coverage for faults, monitoring, and reporting. Continuity of supply of our connection(s) is of high importance and as well as the cost effectiveness mentioned.
The Isle of Wight Council observed a 10-day standstill period which ended at
midnight on 04 November 2024.

Publisher note: Please note that a delay in the process has meant the award date was set after the contract start date (so award date has been stated here as being 30/06/2024).

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	TextII.2.4	1 x 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton	1 x 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton The value as set out is for the whole life cost of the contract (12m + 12m).
—	TextVI.3	Please note that a delay in the process has meant the award date was set after the contract start date (so award date has been stated here as being 30/06/2024).	Please note that a delay in the process has meant the award date was set after the contract start date (so award date has been stated here as being 31/07/2024).

2 amendments published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £11,4001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jun 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Wight FibreSME	£11,400 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 035758-2024-1 · Wight FibreSME
Signed
30 Jun 2024
Value
£11,400
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Isle of Wight Council

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, High Street, Newport, South East, PO30 1UDContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Wight FibreAwarded supplier 56 Love Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East, PO31 7EU

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.