# Network Connectivity Management Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Food Standards Agency](/buyers/the-food-standards-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat PLC](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £813,400
- Tender value: £813,400
- Award date: 30 May 2022
- Published: 11 July 2022
- Contract start: 11 February 2022
- Contract end: 11 February 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 0eee03f0-f355-4b1b-b2f5-3f7a99ac86f7-553673
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-89c1d169-4791-43bc-8782-a4933959ff10

## Description

The purpose of this document is to detail the business requirements for the provision of Network Connectivity Management \(NCM\), the operation and continual improvement of access to FSA Technology Services from multiple locations across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland over a combination of internal and Internet facing networks\. We are looking to move away from a traditional corporate LAN/WAN model to a Connectivity Architecture that supports our Work from Anywhere strategy, enabling a predominantly home and mobile based workforce to access cloud hosted services\. We are looking for a Network Connectivity Management provider who will work with us to deliver the Future Network, while providing support and maintenance of the current network infrastructures from contract start\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0eee03f0-f355-4b1b-b2f5-3f7a99ac86f7-553673)