Dear Philip Mansfield

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act.  The
reference for this request is noted in the subject header above.

You will receive a response from us within 20 working days of receipt or
an explanation as to why this is not possible. 

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Philip Mansfield 

 

Thank you for submitting a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.  Please find the response below.  This response
covers the hospitals and services managed by the Royal Free London NHS
Foundation Trust, namely the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and
Chase Farm Hospital and associated group services.   

 

The response 

 

 Connectivity and Network Services

 

 a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend
on each
Services are provided by Virgin, BT & KCOM. The annual spend on
internet is £59,512.00 and WAN is £236.760.97
 b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend

This is supported by Maintel and the annual spend is approximately £100k

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

Same as question 1 answer - These services are provided by Virgin, BT &
KCOM (now Nasstar). This is a combination of Internet lines, P2P links and
MPLS.

 

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

LAN service is provided by Cisco – the LAN and WiFi annual spend is
£197,502.45

 

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

WiFi service is provided by Cisco and Aruba – the LAN and WiFi annual
spend is £197,502.45

 

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

Cisco, Brocade

 

 g. When was your core network installed?

Barnet Network Core was recently installed in January 2021, RFH Core
installed in 2019, CFH Core installed 2018

 

 h. Has it been updated subsequently?

No

 i. Who maintains your core network?

Cisco

 

 j. When is the contract renewal date?
For Cisco working to co-term to 19-Dec 2025

 

 

Service Renewal Date
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ RENTAL 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ RENTAL 15-Dec 23
MIA FLEXI 1000 21-Feb 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION 16-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ A END INSTALLATION 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ RENTAL 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ RENTAL 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ RENTAL 15-Dec 23
ETHERNET EXTENSION+ RENTAL 15-Dec 23
IPVPN 20-Jan 24
IPVPN 20-Jan 24
MIA FLEXI 1000 21-Feb 23
NATIONAL ETHERNET 15-Dec 23
NATIONAL ETHERNET 23-Mar 23
NATIONAL ETHERNET 24-Jun 23

 

 

 k. Please confirm value of the initial project?

The service does not have a list of initial project costs for these
services

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

£299,978.63

 

Your appeal rights 

 

I hope that this response deals with your enquiry to your satisfaction,
however if not you have two options: 

 

·                     If you do not feel that we have provided you with
the information you requested, you may contact us again and state what
information you still require.  However if you ask for additional and/or
different information this will be dealt with as a new request. 

 

·                     All applicants have the right of appeal and can
request an internal review.  The internal review must be focused on the
original request and should identify how the trust’s response failed to
answer your information request and explain what you would like us to
review.  Appeals should be made in writing, within 40 working days of the
date of the response, and addressed to Mr Kevin Winter, Associate Director
of Information Governance, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust at
[1][email address] . 

 

If you are not satisfied with the internal review, you can appeal to the
Information Commissioner.  The contact details are: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF, telephone 01625 545 700 or see [2]www.ico.org.uk  

 

Open Government Licence 

 

The trust allows you to reuse this information under the Open Government
Licence found at the following [3]link.   

 

Yours sincerely  

 

Freedom of Information Team 

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 
Anne Bryans House 

77 Fleet Road, London, NW3 2QH 

  

[4]www.royalfree.nhs.uk 
We’re on Instagram, [5]follow us! 

  

 

 

 

 

 

From: FOI, Rf (ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 5:02 PM
To: 'Philip Mansfield' <[FOI #942347 email]>
Subject: RE: FOI 22/23 - 754 - Freedom of Information request -
Connectivity and Network Services:

 

Dear Philip Mansfield

Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act.  The
reference for this request is noted in the subject header above.

You will receive a response from us within 20 working days of receipt or
an explanation as to why this is not possible. 

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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