Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c9d-524c-73cd-8a4b-71db3b763321/secure-city-programme-scp-wan-communications-upgrade awarded GB direct award procedure Suitable for SMEs # Secure City Programme (SCP), WAN Communications Upgrade [City of London Corporation](https://tendernation.io/buyers/city-of-london-corporation) Estimated value £98,878 Published 28 Oct 2022 Deadline Closed 28 Sept 2022 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender In line with Secure City Programme (SCP), WAN communications there is the requirement for camera sites communications links to be upgraded (FY 22/23) and other sites (FY 23/24). These require 100Mb/s upload connections on 100Mb/s bearers. The larger sites (Southwark Bridge) (FY 22/23);Blackfriars Bridge (FY 23/24) will require 1Gb/s upload connections on 1Gb bearers. There will be a decommissioning of current circuits with replacement in order to realise benefits of SD-Wan over current legacy RS1000 analogue networks, such as monetary, scalability and control. During the IT Category Board, 10/09/2020, it was requested through the AOB that a further pilot was to be carried out within the next few months to show a single, unified solution providing secure, seamless connectivity to all locations and all cloud-based resources and applications. Through reviewing the market, it was realised that with Barracuda devices are the only device on the market at the moment that provide the required unified connectivity with BT/CoLT telco lines. This is still the case now in FY22/23 and Barracudas are used throughout the IT estate not just on Secure City We have received an 8% discount form Original suppliers passed from Barracuda to preferred supplier Fortem, where otherwise other suppliers would be 20% more expensive. On top of this we managed to secure c£8,000 saving - 44 x T93 appliances with power supplies and 2Yr subs - 4 x T93 appliances to be kept as SPARES (No subs or PSU) - 10 x T200 appliances with 2Yr subs - 1 x T200 appliance to be kept as a SPARE (No subs) - 48 SFP cables for connections to Cameras Read full description ## CPV classification Communications network Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a5163f8a-1522-4b13-a622-7fa77e535178) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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