Telecommunications Framework

The framework agreements envisaged are for transmission services, including (but not limited to) leased circuits, dark fibre, wide area Ethernet and xDSL. Leased circuits and wide area ethernet services are typically required at bandwidths of 10Mbit/s and above.

The scope of the framework will cover purchases by JANET(UK), JANET connected organisations, Regional Network Operators, members of the Purchasing Consortia and the Regional Broadband Consortia. Details of the regional networks are available at:

http://www.ja.net/services/connections/janet-sites/mans/index.html

Each Purchasing Consortia list of members is available at:

www.lupc.procureweb.ac.uk/members/index.shtml
supc.procureweb.ac.uk/aboutsupc/supc-members
www.nwupc.ac.uk/members/index.php
neupg.procureweb.ac.uk/neupcmembers.php
hepcw.procureweb.ac.uk/aboutus
www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm
www.wfepc.com

A full list of the consortia is available at:

www.nen.gov.uk/

Further information can be found in the Operation Requirements (OR) which is available electronically as a word file and an Adobe PDF file.

Suppliers should note that before submitting a response to the OR they must register their intent to do this with JANET(UK).

Each potential supplier must register on the JANET(UK) e-tendering opportunities portal at https://tenders.ja.net. Each potential supplier must register as a system user if they are a first time user of the JANET(UK) portal, which is a one-off activity. Once accepted by JANET(UK), each supplier will receive a username and password that should be used for all future accesses to the system. The only time that JANET(UK) will reject a supplier is if there is an attempt to have a duplicate registration for a supplier. Also, please note that this first time registration is not a registration for a particular contract, it is only the registration of the user on the JANET(UK) portal. When username and password are received, then a supplier must log in and then register their interest in a specific contract. It is recommended that a generic mailbox (such as sales@supplier) is set up, so that information from the system can be sent to more than one representative at the company.

The steps and timetable for this procurement are as follows: