How to win: Installation and Supply of Structured Cabling with Maintenance and Support

About this contract

Caerphilly County Borough Council (CCBC) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance, and support of structured cabling infrastructure across its corporate estate, schools, educational establishments, operational facilities, and other associated premises throughout the County Borough. The Council relies upon robust, secure, and high-performing network infrastructure to support the delivery of critical public services, digital transformation initiatives, cloud-based applications, telephony systems, building management technologies, and educational technology platforms. As such, the Council requires a contractor capable of delivering both planned and reactive structured cabling services to ensure the continued availability, resilience, and future scalability of its communications infrastructure. The contract will support a diverse property portfolio of more than 300 buildings comprising of 86 schools, offices, depots, civic buildings, leisure facilities, and operational sites, with more than 400 Network Cabinets across these sites, requiring contractors to demonstrate the capability to operat

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Caerphilly County Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £2,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 11 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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