Notice Information
Notice Title
Mobile Phone Services
Notice Description
Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Ltd. is seeking to partner with a competent and proven Supplier to provide Mobile Phone and Data Services across all MEL sites and the surrounding Merseyside region. Suppliers will be asked to provide a proposal for sim only with unlimited call minutes and texts as well as a data pool allowance which will then be distributed across all the handsets, with a priced option for the supply of hardware. The opportunity will be let for 24 (twenty-four) Months with options to extend on a rolling monthly basis.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Priced option for MEL to purchase handsets as required throughout the contract.
Renewal: Options to extend on a rolling monthly basis.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052b81
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029503-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64212000 - Mobile-telephone services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £150,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £150,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 Jul 2026 - 5 Jul 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MERSEYRAIL ELECTRICS 2002 LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Claire Mills
- Contact Email
- tenders@merseyrail.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L1 1JF
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- Brownlow Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029503-2025
3rd June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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