United Kingdom-London: Networks – Framework Lead

The current contract for Networks – Framework Lead is projected to end on 17-MAY-22 and may be available for retender. GLOBAL VOICE AND DATA CONNECTIVITY SERVICES.
GLOBAL VOICE AND DATA CONNECTIVITY SERVICES.
The Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development (DFID) and the British Council (BC) (the Procuring Bodies) have a requirement for global, resilient, flexible and scalable enterprise-wide voice and data connectivity services.
These services are required to connect ministerial headquarters and other head offices in the United Kingdom with their respective embassies, consulates and other office locations totaling approximately 550 sites in 170 countries.
See II.2.4 for further detail.
As this is a framework agreement, there will be no contractual commitment to any part of the services. However, significant elements are expected to be called off at the point at which the framework is awarded (or very shortly thereafter), whilst others will be available as options to expand the scope of the services within the FCO or to other framework customers.
The Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development (DFID) and the British Council (BC) (the Procuring Bodies) have a requirement for global, resilient, flexible and scalable enterprise-wide voice and data connectivity services.
These services are required to connect ministerial headquarters and other head offices in the United Kingdom with their respective embassies, consulates and other office locations totaling approximately 550 sites in 170 countries.
See II.2.4 for further detail.
As this is a framework agreement, there will be no contractual commitment to any part of the services. However, significant elements are expected to be called off at the point at which the framework is awarded (or very shortly thereafter), whilst others will be available as options to expand the scope of the services within the FCO or to other framework customers.
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 32400000, Networks, 32410000, Local area network, 32412000, Communications network, 32412100, Telecommunications network, 32412110, Internet network, 32413000, Integrated network, 32413100, Network routers, 32415000, Ethernet network, 32416000, ISDN network, 32416100, ISDX network, 32417000, Multimedia networks, 32418000, Radio network, 32420000, Network equipment, 32421000, Network cabling, 32422000, Network components, 32424000, Network infrastructure, 32425000, Network operating system, 32426000, Network publishing system, 32427000, Network system, 32428000, Network upgrade, 32430000, Wide area network, 50330000, Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment, 50331000, Repair and maintenance services of telecommunications lines, 50332000, Telecommunications-infrastructure maintenance services, 51300000, Installation services of communications equipment, 64210000, Telephone and data transmission services,