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Procurement of the JANET Co-location Service Facilities

This procurement is for the provision of two co-location facilities independent of SuperJANET, at which JANET(UK) will host its own and third party equipment that is connected to SuperJANET. One of these co-location facilities will be located in southern England , ideally within the Slough , Reading and Swindon area and the other in northern England within the Leeds , Manchester and Warrington area. The two co-locations do not have to be provided by the same supplier.

The requirements are outlined in the Operational Requirement (OR). Alan Hames has been appointed as the Procurement Manager and a Procurement Panel will be formed. This procurement will be run according to the Open European Procurement Procedure rules.

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

The procurement documents are available electronically below

Operational Requirement:
MS-Word Document
PDF

Potential suppliers are invited to submit proposals to meet the requirements of the OR.

Timetable

Procurement Activity

Date

Notice to European Journal

12th December 2005

Final date for registration

31st January 2006

Closing date for tenders

Noon 8th February 2006

Selection of preferred supplier(s)

8th March 2006

Contract placed by

7th April 2006

Service start date

1st May 2006