{"id":204,"date":"2017-11-06T13:20:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-11-06T13:22:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T13:22:56","slug":"our-network-enablement-services-framework-has-been-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2017\/11\/06\/our-network-enablement-services-framework-has-been-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Network Enablement Services framework has been extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are\u00a0pleased to announce that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/Telecoms\/swannes\">Networks Enablement Services framework<\/a> has been extended into the final year of the framework and will end on 30 October 2018. So far, 16 Scottish public bodies have\u00a0used the framework.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Some benefits\u00a0achieved through the framework are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>direct savings of around 26% against a spend of \u00a31.8 million.<\/li>\n<li>organisations have benefitted indirectly to improve their networks by\u00a0using the advice provided and the transformations carried out.<\/li>\n<li>organisations have seen benefits\u00a0such as improved network security, improved technologies to support efficiency savings and improved energy consumption.<\/li>\n<li>the framework has a mixture of large and small suppliers covering the full range of Scottish public sector requirements and gives access to vendor neutral specialist engineering resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further information can be found on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/Telecoms\/swannes\">website<\/a> or by emailing Anamaria Rehbein at <a href=\"mailto:Anamaria.Rehbein@gov.scot\">Anamaria.Rehbein@gov.scot<\/a> or phone 0131 244 5749.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Networks Enablement Services framework has been extended into the final year of the framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,55],"tags":[56,62,73,13],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contracts","category-scottish-procurement","tag-contracts","tag-framework-agreements","tag-network-enablement-services","tag-public-sector-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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