Managed WAN Services 2025 - New contract for existing Wide Area Network

Opportunity overview

A procurement reset, and the introduction of a new supplier would pose an unacceptable risk of service disruption, critical configuration conflicts, and a breakdown in operational continuity due to the need to reverse-engineer and replace a live, highly customised and deeply embedded technical solution.

Classification

CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

Connectivity for each of our sites including 2 data centres, 6 regional sites and cloud connectivity providing the IOPC with the ability to use essential services securely ranging from internally hosted applications through to M365 and SAAS hosted services.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: ocds-h6vhtk-05814d
Status: unsuccessful
Procurement Method: limited
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: 1. Deep Integrated and Bespoke Solution: Redcentric successfully designed, migrated and implemented IOPC’s comprehensive network and data centre solution. This includes managed site-to-site and client VPNs, resilient internet access, critical firewall configurations, and continuous monitoring. These services are fully integrated across the IOPC Farnborough and Corsham Crown Hosting data centres, supporting both production and disaster recovery environments. The solution is uniquely tailored to IOPC’s specific architecture and operational requirements. 2. Maintaining Operational Resilience and Continuity Operational resilience is fundamental to IOPC’s services and is intrinsically embedded within the existing solution. Redcentric established automated failover between our data centres, configured secure MPLS connectivity, and implemented live replication services, all of which are actively supporting IOPC’s business-as-usual operations. Transitioning these highly complex and interconnected services to a new provider would necessitate dismantling and revalidating live configurations, significantly increasing the risk of widespread system outages or degraded service performance. Any switch would also risk the loss of critical configuration knowledge and jeopardise existing fail-safe mechanisms due to the intricate nature of the setup. 3. Incompatibility with Existing Infrastructure and Investment The IOPC has made substantial investment in equipment and service integrations that are intrinsically linked to RedCentric systems and operational frameworks. introducing a new supplier at this stage would require reverse-engineering a live, bespoke solution. This would not only incur significant duplicative costs for infrastructure and re-implementation but also render parts of the existing estate incompatible or redundant. Such a change would undermine the value of the solution already delivered, severely disrupt essential business operations, and delay the realisation of long-term efficiencies envisaged in our original disaggregation strategy. 4. Unacceptable Risk of Service Disruption: A procurement reset, and the introduction of a new supplier would pose an unacceptable risk of service disruption, critical configuration conflicts, and a breakdown in operational continuity due to the need to reverse-engineer and replace a live, highly customised and deeply embedded technical solution.

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Id: 72000000
Scheme: CPV
Description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: cancelled
Has Options: No
Description: Connectivity for each of our sites including 2 data centres, 6 regional sites and cloud connectivity providing the IOPC with the ability to use essential services securely ranging from internally hosted applications through to M365 and SAAS hosted services.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: price

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-FTS-156977
Name: The Independent Office for Police Conduct

Roles

buyer

Address

Region: UK
Locality: London
Postal Code: E14 4PU
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf

Details

Url: https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Id: BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Description: Body governed by public law

Entry 2

Id: 01
Scheme: COFOG
Description: General public services

Identifier

Legal Name: The Independent Office for Police Conduct

Contact

Name: Dorothy Eke
Email: dorothy.eke@policeconduct.gov.uk

Organisation 2

Id: GB-FTS-156978
Name: The Independent Office for Police Conduct

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality: Canary Wharf
Postal Code: E14 4PU
Country Name: United Kingdom
Street Address: 10 South Colonnade

Identifier

Legal Name: The Independent Office for Police Conduct

Award information

Award 1

Id: 046030-2025-NAT/2025/19-1
Title: Managed WAN Services 2025 - New contract for existing Wide Area Network
Status: unsuccessful
Status Details: unsuccessful

Related lots

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UK · E14 4PU · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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ocds-h6vhtk-05814d-2025-08-05T11:12:53+01:00compiled · 5 Aug 2025, 11:12