WAN, LAN and Internet Connectivity Services

This Freedom of Information request asks for contract and other information about our WAN, LAN and internet connectivity services

Request for information - Ref no: FOI231134

March 21, 2023

Information request

Thank you for your email of 10 February 2023, requesting information from Ordnance Survey in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000, as set out in the extract below:

“a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on each

b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend

c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and what is the annual spend

d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend

e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend

f. Please confirm the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core and edge switching?

g. When was your core network installed?

h. Has it been updated subsequently?

i. Who maintains your core network?

j. When is the contract renewal date?

k. Please confirm value of the initial project?

l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?”

Our response

I confirm that Ordnance Survey does hold some of the information you have requested. Where the information is not held this is stated.

Taking each request in turn, I confirm the following:

a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on each

Provider	Annual Spend	Annual Spend
Virgin Media	£69K	£49K
Vodafone	£134K	£74K

Your request does not confirm the period for which you require the annual spend, we have provided this for last (2021/22) and this (2022/23) financial year.

b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend

I confirm we do not hold this information.

c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and what is the annual spend

Provider	Annual Spend	Annual Spend
Virgin Media Internet	£69k	49K
Vodafone MPLS	£134K	£74K
Exponential-e Broadband	£39k	£24K

Your request does not confirm the period for which you require the annual spend, we have provided this for last (2021/22) and this (2022/23) financial year.

d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend

I confirm the following vendors provide our LAN infrastructure:

Cisco,
Checkpoint, and
F5.

LAN services are provided as part of the BreakFix Contract. It is not possible to separate out the actual annual spend on LAN from this contract. The total contract value is £864K over 3 years (annual spend £288K per year).

e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend

Cisco Meraki wireless infrastructure.
The total value of the contract is £12K over 3 years (annual spend £4k per year)

f. Please confirm the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core and edge switching?

Cisco

g. When was your core network installed?

January 2022

h. Has it been updated subsequently?

No, currently running a stable supported release of software and hardware.

i. Who maintains your core network?

The OS Network Operations team

j. When is the contract renewal date?

13th February 2027

k. Please confirm value of the initial project?

£161k

l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?

The annual support/maintenance services are built into the original contract which is valued at £16k over the 5 year contract. (£3,200 per year)

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