The five short listed suppliers are Cable & Wireless, Easynet, ntl: Telewest Business, Synetrix and Thus.
This procurement is for the replacement of MidMAN2 a regional telecommunications network in the West Midlands delivering JANET services to the higher and further education and research community in the region, with the possibility of use also by local authorities within the region.
The Prequalification questionnaire (PQQ) is available electronically below as a Word file and an Adobe PDF file.
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.
Suppliers should note that before submitting a response to the PQQ 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 |
7th August 2007 |
Close of registration to take part in the shortlisting |
5th September 2007 |
| Final Date for Clarifications | 5th September 2007 |
| Prequalification questionnaire returns by: | 12:00 noon 12 September 2007 |
| Complete review of responses and shortlist suppliers to enter the procurement process | 28 September 2007 |
| Competitive dialogue commences | mid October 2007 |
| Close of competitive dialogue and invitation to submit final tenders | early January 2008 |
Return of final tenders |
mid February 2008 |
Selection of Preferred Supplier |
end February 2008 |
Contract placed with preferred supplier |
end March 2008 |
Network accepted by JANET(UK) |
end June 2008 |
| MidMAN2 network decommissioned | end September 2008 |
