Notice Information
Notice Title
NAC/STA/5238 Provision of Telephony Infrastructure and Services
Notice Description
Ongoing upgrades and support of the North Ayrshire Council corporate phone system and the continuation of SIP trunk connectivity.
Lot Information
Lot 1
North Ayrshire Council require to Direct Award an interim contract to ensure that the existing requirements for the support of the corporate phone system and SIP trunk connectivity are maintained whilst the new telephony strategy is completed.
Procurement Information
North Ayrshire Council (NAC) are in the process of finalising their Telephony Strategy before going out to tender for a new system. In the interim NAC require the existing system to be maintained by the incumbent. NAC have invested heavily in their current solution and it would be complex and resource intensive to unpick the connectivity, and as a result leading to disproportionate technical difficulties.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04a636
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032025-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64200000 - Telecommunications services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £327,180 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Oct 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Oct 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- IRVINE
- Postcode
- KA12 8EE
- Post Town
- Kilmarnock
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
-
- Local Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Electoral Ward
- Irvine South
- Westminster Constituency
- Central Ayrshire
Further Information
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