Market Engagement - WiFi for Staff and Student Accommodation

Concepts

• belfast
• telecommunications services
• queen’s university belfast
• market engagement
• student plus directorate
• student accommodation.this request
• early market engagement
• student accommodation
• wifi
• staff

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

Queen’s University Belfast seeks to engage with Multi-Tenant Internet Service Providers to support a scoping exercise for the potential replacement of existing internet provision within the Student Plus Directorate at Queen’s.

Total Quantity or Scope

The services primarily relate to WiFi for Staff and Student Accommodation.This request for information is intended to facilitate early market engagement only and is not a call for competition.Queen’s will not be liable for any costs whatsoever resulting directly or indirectly from participation in this market engagement exercise.

CPV Codes

• 64200000 - Telecommunications services
• 32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Firms wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise are required to register their company details on In-Tend, the University’s electronic tendering site https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home Once registered, firms should log on and select Tenders, then Current and Market Engagement - WiFi for Staff and Student Accommodation. Firms are required to express an interest in this specific exercise before being provided with access to the documentation. Responses are required to be submitted by no later than 4pm on Friday 5 November 2021.Queen’s will assess responses to determine the maturity of the market in this area and the range of potential solutions available. Queen’s may choose to conduct a public procurement exercise at a later date to procure a replacement system(s). Equally, Queen’s may delay any prospective tender process until the market improves, or develop a bespoke in-house solution in the interim, or consider and develop other options e.g. use of national frameworks.Queen’s may also further engage with Economic Operators who express an interest in this exercise to seek clarification or to inform Queen’s position further and to assist in the development of a specification, which may include the provision of a demonstration, if necessary.