Framework agreements

ntl:Telewest Business public sector agreements

ntl:Telewest Business is a trusted supplier to the public sector and, as such, we have been awarded a place on a number of Government Framework Agreements - so you can be sure of the service you receive from us.

Why use a framework agreement contract?

The benefits to your organisation on working with ntl:Telewest Business through a specific framework agreement, include:

• Compliance with EC procurement legislation.
• Competitive prices.
• Wide choice of products and services.
• Sound contractual protection based on best practice.
• Quality assurance.
• Ease of ordering.

NHS PASA agreement

ntl:Telewest Business was awarded the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) Framework Agreement, on behalf of the NHS, during 2005. We have been authorised to provide voice, video and data telecommunication products and services to participating authorities which include NHS trusts, health authorities, NHS Foundation Trusts and Primary Care Trusts.

The following services are part of this agreement: networking fixed, managed services, solution providers, telephony solutions analogue and digital, telephone peripherals and consumables, intelligent networks, voice processing, call management, virtual and fixed private networks, internal directory services, PSTN connections and services and PSTN least cost routing products and services.

Broadband solutions

ntl:Telewest Business is also one of six service providers under the Broadband Solutions Framework Agreement by OGCbuying.solutions, an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce.

This means we can offer a range of solutions and packaged services which give public sector organisations best value and optimum purchasing efficiency.

Broadband solutions packaged services

This is the most basic broadband building block. We offer two packages:

• Subscriber line and internet access
• Subscriber line, or other bearer, and internet access.

Package B: remote worker and small site services

These options offer high levels of availability and support. They deliver secure VPN variants, which provide access to a corporate network or hub. There are six different package types offered by ntl:Telewest Business:

• Subscriber line, voice and internet access
• Indirect voice and internet access
• Subscriber line or other bearer and internet access
• Indirect internet access
• Subscriber line and voice including Centrex services
• Indirect voice and Centrex services.

Package C: 'hub and spoke', leased line and dedicated internet access services

These packages offer hub and spoke solutions such as the connection of smaller sites to hub sites and backhaul solutions such as the connection of corporate networks to the Internet.

• Short-haul interconnections
• Backhaul interconnections and Internet access.

OGCbuying.solutions introduced the Broadband Solutions Framework Agreement to meet the government's drive to widen public sector access to high speed connectivity. Its aim is to remove some of the current barriers to buying broadband.

The framework agreement enables public sector organisations to buy value for money broadband services of assured quality through simple, quick and effective procurement routes without having to negotiate separate terms and conditions for each purchase.

Contracts were only awarded after a rigorous selection process, conducted under EU (European Union) procedures.

ntl:Telewest Business is always working towards inclusion on framework agreements that are relevant to our customers’ needs.

Specialist solutions frameworks agreement

ntl:Telewest Business provides communications solutions under the Specialist Solutions Frameworks Agreement by OGCbuying.solutions.

We offer voice, data, converged solutions and CCTV under these frameworks. These IT frameworks allow customers to procure a wide range of IT-enabled business solutions and replace elements of GCat, S-Cat and GTC.

National Telecommunications Group

ntl:Telewest Business is able to supply telecommunications services under the framework established by the National Telecommunication Group, an organisation formed for the procurement of telecommunications services in higher education.