PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CP2571-24 Wide Area Network

Devon County Council · published 3 Jun 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID75fe9f3f-28d4-4534-94fb-66b128235d64-847915
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-88fe3706-2a40-419d-8e8d-0e38ab8ac248
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-49287
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£1,200,000
award field
Tender value
£12,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other -
Category
services
CPV
32430000
Wide area network
Delivery
South West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Devon County Council (DCC) seeks to procure a managed, highly available, flexible, and secure Software Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN) solution based on Fortinet technology to replace its existing MPLS Wide Area Network (WAN) and Internet connectivity service. This procurement forms part of a DCC Infrastructure Modernisation programme of work which includes implementing a modern hybrid on premise/cloud infrastructure, improved IT service continuity, disaster recovery, security, and data protection. Contract awarded May 2025 ready to go live August 2026. Duration 3 years with the option to extend 2 x 36 months and 1 x 12 months. Value £1.2 m for initial 3 year period

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release3 Jun 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published20 Jan 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Jul 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Jul 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

GCI Network Solutions Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 3 Jun 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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