Issue - decisions

Issue - decisions

Non-key decision for the award of the WAN Services contract to Vodafone

19/11/2024 - Non-key decision for the award of the WAN Services contract to Vodafone

The proposed decision is to award a three-year contract (with no option to extend) to Vodafone for a Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solution to all OCC premises and provision for OCC at SCC’s Data Centre for the residual duration of that contract. This would be issued under the Framework Contract with the reference number RM6116 for the provision of Network Services. CALL-OFF LOT(S): Lot 1a – Inter site Connectivity Wider Area Network / Data Access Services Lot 2a – Inter Site Connectivity. Expiry date is 30 September 2027

The previous contract was circa £67,000 per annum.


The contract value would be £82,374 per year plus one-off capital of £62,627 to replace all of the legacy WAN equipment with modern cloud-based alternatives.

Total: capital one off and revenue for three years: £309,749.