The procurement for Very High Speed Global Internet Transit Service has now been concluded. The two successful suppliers are TeliaSonera and Sprint - they will provide the global transit service for JANET from 30th August 2005. Each supplier will provide a connection at 10Gbit/s and in normal circumstances will share the load. In the event of a failure of one of the connections, the other connection will take the full load.
This procurement is for a global internet transit service with minimum access capacity of 10 Gbit/s ready for JANET(UK) use by 30 August 2005 .
The Operations Requirement is available electronically below as a Word file and an Adobe PDF file.
Word Document
PDF
As matters for clarification arise they will be answered by JANET(UK) and made available on this page. Suppliers that have registered their intent to submit a proposal will be notified each time this is updated.
A copy of the JANET(UK) standard form of contract is also available HERE to provide the start point of any agreement.
Suppliers should note that before submitting a proposal they must register their intent to do this with JANET(UK).
The steps and timetable for this procurement are as follows:
Activity |
Date |
Notice to European Journal |
20 April 2005 |
Final date for registration |
5 June 2005 |
Closing date for tenders |
12:00 Noon, 13 June 2005 |
Selection of preferred supplier |
1 July 2005 |
Contracts placed by |
15 July 2005 |
Delivery of the service |
By 30 August 2005 |
