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title: "Provision of WAN"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eb9a"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority"
published: "2026-08-25"
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# Provision of WAN

Buyer: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eb9a

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080865-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,075,853 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority |
| Additional buyers | Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority |
| Locality | BEDFORD |
| Postcode area | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE29 2NA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Huntingdonshire |
| Electoral ward | Brampton |
| Westminster constituency | Huntingdon |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Virgin Media Business Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 32430000 - Wide area network

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 13:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080865-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.bedsfire.gov.uk
- https://www.cambsfire.gov.uk

## Provenance

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