Notice Information
Notice Title
Request for Information - Digital Telephony
Notice Description
The purpose of this RFI is to gather information on market capabilities and solutions for a forthcoming procurement exercise, to supply a Digital Telephony Service to Scottish General Practitioner (GP) Practices. This RFI is not a call for competition and does not form part of any evaluation or award process.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Thank you for registering an interest in this exercise. We are exploring options for digital telephony across all Scottish GP Practices. The Scottish Government's Primary Care Directorate is seeking to support General Practices across Scotland in the adoption of advanced cloud-based telephony solutions. This will improve patient access, enhance practice resilience and support modern ways of working, including remote and flexible service delivery. Suppliers are invited to demonstrate how their solutions can meet the needs of General Practice, align with the requirements set out in the Advanced Telephony Guidance, and support the transition from legacy analogue services ahead of the UK-wide PSTN switch-off in January 2027. We are asking all interested suppliers to complete this RFI questionnaire with responses to the requirements outlined below. The instructions for completing the surveys and the questions can be found below. This will help us to understand the market in terms of capabilities and technology, and potential approaches to delivering a digital telephony solution.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06deec
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075208-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
-
- CPV Codes
32344270 - Radio and telephone control system
32551100 - Telephone connections
32551200 - Telephone exchanges
32551400 - Telephone network
45314100 - Installation of telephone exchanges
50334120 - Upgrade services of telephone switching equipment
64210000 - Telephone and data transmission services
64211000 - Public-telephone services
64211100 - Local telephone services
64213000 - Shared-business telephone network services
64214000 - Dedicated-business telephone network services
64214200 - Telephone switchboard services
64215000 - IP telephone services
64220000 - Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Aug 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Dec 20264 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 8LU
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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