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title: "Telecoms Restructuring Advice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f8aa"
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buyer: "Department for Science, Innovation & Technology"
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# Telecoms Restructuring Advice

Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f8aa

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## Summary

The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology commissioned consultancy, analysis and advice on options for restructuring telecommunications services. The work is to assess restructuring options and present the advice in report format, making it relevant to management consultancies, telecoms advisers, strategy firms and specialist analysts with experience of telecommunications markets and organisational or service restructuring. The contracting authority is the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, based in London. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The requirement is classified as telecommunication consultancy services and is a services contract. The procurement was arranged as a single requirement, covering the full scope of advice rather than separate packages. Its purpose is to support the department’s operational decision-making on possible telecoms restructuring and any action that may follow from the advice.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award, using an urgency rationale: the requirement arose from unforeseeable circumstances and the authority could not complete a competitive exercise within the operational timescale. FTI Consulting LLP was selected on 11 September 2026. The awarded value is £300,000 excluding VAT, or £360,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 11 September 2026 to 23 October 2026, with a maximum extension date of 4 December 2026. Further work may be commissioned based on the advice and options provided, if the department decides to act on them. The contract is above the relevant threshold. The single lot was marked suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

This procurement demonstrates demand from central government for high-level telecommunications restructuring advice delivered through concise, decision-ready reports. Suppliers well placed for comparable work would combine telecoms sector knowledge with consultancy skills in market analysis, operating-model or service restructuring, option appraisal and strategic recommendations. Credibility would come from showing that advisers can turn complex telecoms evidence into clear choices for senior public-sector decision-makers, work to a tightly defined urgent requirement and produce robust written analysis. The selected supplier is a large consultancy, indicating that substantial analytical capability and the capacity to mobilise quickly were relevant to this requirement, while the lot was also identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises. Firms with specialist telecoms expertise and credible public-sector advisory experience could therefore use this requirement as a benchmark for future opportunities with the department.

## Notice

Consultancy, Analysis and Advice on telecoms restructuring options, in report format.

### Procurement Information

The Authority intends to award this contract directly due to an urgent requirement which arose from circumstances that could not reasonably have been foreseen during normal procurement planning. A competitive procurement exercise could not be completed within the timescales required to meet the Authority's operational needs. The Authority considers the direct award to be necessary, proportionate and limited to the minimum scope and duration required to address the immediate requirement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086656-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 11 Sep 2026 - 23 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £300,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2EG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FTI Consulting LLP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71316000 - Telecommunication consultancy services

## Release History

- 11 Sep 2026 at 18:14 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086656-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086656-2026
  11th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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