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Provision of WAN

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority

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25 Aug 2026 at 13:55

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Summary of the contracting process

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, together with Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority, procured a wide area network (WAN) and associated network services. The requirement covers connectivity for the authorities’ operations across England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. The procurement is categorised as goods, although the practical requirement is a managed communications network service. It was arranged through Crown Commercial Service framework RM6116. The selected supplier is Virgin Media Business Limited, a large network and telecommunications provider. The service is intended to provide wide-area connectivity across the participating fire and rescue authorities’ locations and operational footprint.

This procurement has been completed and awarded. It used a limited procedure: a direct award call-off under RM6116 without prior publication of a competition notice. The requirement was evaluated on price, and one bid was recorded. Virgin Media Business Limited received the active award for the WAN requirement on 1 July 2026. The signed contract is active and is valued at £1,075,853.45 including the stated currency of GBP. The arrangement includes options for extensions of up to 36 months, divided into 12-month increments. The procurement was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. The published lot is marked cancelled, but the award and contract are recorded as active, with no cancellation reason stated.

This award shows established demand from fire and rescue authorities for resilient wide-area connectivity delivered across a broad English footprint. A credible future competitor would need to provide network services at multi-authority scale, support geographically dispersed operational sites, and demonstrate the capacity to manage connectivity as a single public-sector requirement. The buying route is also significant: the authorities used a Crown Commercial Service framework direct-award call-off rather than an openly competed tender. Suppliers seeking comparable work would therefore benefit from access to the relevant framework route, a strong price proposition, and the operational capability to deliver and support WAN services for emergency-service organisations. The incumbent’s large-provider scale indicates the level of delivery capacity that satisfied this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of WAN

Notice Description

Provision of Wide Area Network

Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct Award Call-off under RM6116 for the provision of Network Services.

Options: up to 36 Months, divided into 12 month increments

Procurement Information

The procurement was a direct award via Crown Commercial Services RM6116

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eb9a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080865-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
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

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

CPV Codes

32430000 - Wide area network

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,075,853 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Aug 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Jul 20261 months 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
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority
Additional Buyers

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BEDFORD
Postcode
PE29 2NA
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
Brampton
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Virgin Media Business Limited

Further Information

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