1. Current Lines (Analogue, ISDN VOIP, SIP etc) Provider- Please can you provide me with the name of the supplier for the contract.
A) BT, Virgin and Vodafone
2. Fixed Line- Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
A) Rolling contracts, renewal date varies dependant on line
3. Fixed Line- Contract Duration- the number of years the contract is for each provider
A) Rolling contract
4. Type of Lines- Please can you split the type of lines per each supplier? PTSN, Analogue, SIP
A) All are ISDN
5. Number of Lines- Please can you split the number of lines per each supplier? SIP trunks, PSN Lines, Analogue Lines
A) BT – 30 channels
Virgin – 60 channels
Vodafone – 60 channels
6. Minutes/Landline Provider- Supplier’s name (NOT Mobiles) if there is no information available please can you provide further insight into why?
A) No minutes/landline provider. We utilise Cisco Call Manager with fixed ISDN as above
7. Minutes/Landline Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract.
A) Call Manager support contract - renew June 2020
8. Minutes Landline Monthly Spend- Monthly average spend on calls for each provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
A) None
9. Minute’s Landlines Contract Duration: the number of years the contract is with the supplier.
A) Support contract to be renewed this year. There is no minutes/landline contract.
10. Number of Extensions- Please state the number of telephone extensions the organisation currently has. An estimate or average is acceptable.
A) Approx 5000 handsets
11. Fixed Broadband Provider- Supplier’s name if there is not information available please can you provide further insight into why?
A) No fixed broadband. NHS Wifi Solution and Internet WAN link through Virgin
12. Fixed Broadband Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year is also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
A) N/A
13. Fixed Broadband Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each broadband provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
A) N/A
14. WAN Provider- please provide me with the main supplier(s) if there is no information available please can you provide further insight into why?
A) Virgin and TNP
15. WAN Contract Renewal Date- please provide day, month and year (month and year are also acceptable). If this is a rolling contract please provide me with the rolling date of the contract. If there is more than one supplier please split the renewal dates up into however many suppliers
A) Virgin – This information is not held. This contract is held by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
TNP – October 2021
16. Contract Description: Please can you provide me with a brief description of the contract
A) Virgin – To provide IP VPN circuits across sites around Lancashire
TNP – To provide a 10GB connection
17. The number of sites: Please state the number of sites the WAN covers. Approx. will do.
A) Virgin – The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust part of the contact covers 10 sites
TNP – 2 Sites
18. WAN Annual Average Spend- Annual average spend for each WAN provider. An estimate or average is acceptable.
A) Virgin = £70,000
TNP = £16,000
19. Internal Contact: please can you send me there full contact details including contact number and email and job title for all the contract above.
A) The contact for these contracts is the Head of IT. They can be contacted via the Trust switchboard on 01254 263555 and asking to be directed through to them.
