TMBC IT Networking Equipment - Invitation To Tender
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
2
Published
01 Aug 2025
Description
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council is looking for a reputable supplier of Core Networking and Wifi solutions. The Council's Networking and Wi-Fi infrastructure is being refreshed to bring this up to date and to enable leverage of new cutting-edge technologies. This refresh is coinciding with a new data centre creation and will be used to enable a Wi-Fi first approach within our head office in West Malling and our other satellite offices. A new data centre is being created in the head office, this doesn't actually exist yet but the works are looking likely to proceed, if for any reason the space isn't created any new solution would feature in its existing location. The proposed solutions must facilitate seamless administration, scalability, and robust performance through an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 1st of August 2025 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 22nd of August 2025 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 29th of August 2025 Evaluation: w/c 1st of September 2025 Appointment of contractor: w/c 6th of October 2025
Scope
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-056b75
- Total value
- £0 excluding VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 13 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2028Possible extension to 13 Oct 2030
Two optional annual extension
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 72400000
- Contract locations
- South East England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | — | cost | 60.00% |
| Quality | — | quality | 40.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 29 Aug 2025, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- Website - www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk Project Reference - DN785113 Project Name - TMBC IT Networking Equipment - Invitation To Tender Tenderers interested in this project, must register their interest via The Kent Business Portal. Once registered, all documents will be available, tenderers will also be able to ask any questions through the messaging tab. Tenderers must submit their response via The Kent Business Portal.
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Core Network Requirements | — | active |
| 2 | Additional Wifi Requirements | — | active |