Notice Information
Notice Title
Mobile Telephony Connections
Notice Description
2057 x EE, 154 x Vodaphone and 184x O2 sim connections for mobile phones used throughout the business.
Procurement Information
The process to go out to tender had been started by a Procurement colleague at PHL before they left the organisation. It was not continued after they had departed, meaning there was not enough time to finish the tender documentation and then go through the tender process before the contract expired at the end of December 2025. We must proceed with a direct award for telephony or the business will lose its mobile connectivity for any of our staff out in the field. This would ultimately create safeguarding issues as well as a large number of staff not being able to perform their jobs on a day-to-day basis.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060fd4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021604-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
64212000 - Mobile-telephone services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £850,815 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- £850,815 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Jan 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Mar 2026 - 30 Sep 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- PLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOLIHULL
- Postcode
- B37 7YD
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG32 Solihull
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Solihull
- Electoral Ward
- Bickenhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021604-2026
11th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016252-2026
23rd February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007164-2026
27th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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