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Procurement for UKLight Dark Fibre

This procurement is for the provision of UKLight Dark Fibre between up to five UK University Research Groups.

JANET(UK) expects to place a contract for provision of Dark Fibre as a result of this procurement.

The Operational Requirement is available electronically below as a Word file and an Adobe PDF file.

The UKLight Dark Fibre Service Costs spreadsheet is also available electronically as an Excel 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.

Clarifications

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

A copy of the JANET(UK) standard form of contract is available upon registration to provide the start point of any agreement. The steps and timetable for this procurement are as follows:

Activity

Date

Notice to European Journal

16th August 2006

Final Date for Registration

29th September 2006

Final Date for Clarification

29th September 2006

Closing Date for Tenders

12:00 Noon , 6th October 2006

Selection of Preferred Supplier

27th October 2006

Contracts Placed by

15th December 2006

Service Commencement Date

30th March 2007