Official UK procurement notice
Broadband Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe trust's broadband estate is currently split across three providers with contracts expiring at different points between August 2026 and June 2029. Rather than managing each renewal independently, the trust's strategy is to consolidate all 26 schools onto a single infrastructure-agnostic provider via the Government Commercial Agency Framework, working through 6 phases aligned to each group's contract expiry dates, with the objective of reaching a single co-terminus renewal point in September 2032. This procurement represents phase 1 and includes the following schools:
- Northwood Primary
- Hurworth Primary
- Corporation Road Primary & Trust Office
- Handale Primary
- Heathfield Primary
- Hemlington Hall Primary
- Preston Primary
- Mount Pleasant Primary
- Cambrai Primary
- Lingdale Primary
- Golden Flatts Primary
- Harewood Primary
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:51 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 15:15 BST
- Authority reference
Broadband Services- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072820- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d621Find a Tender
- Call-off under framework Technology Services 4
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2026- Contract award notice published29 Jul 2026, 10:51 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Jul 2026, 15:15 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABTEC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LTD1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2032Extensions: Providing that the contract has performed as expected, then the contract may be extended to align all schools' contracts to the same end date. | £256,176 | 22 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · ABTEC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LTD
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2026
- Value
- £256,176
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Providing that the contract has performed as expected, then the contract may be extended to align all schools' contracts to the same end date.
No agreed KPIs: Service level performance deliverables are included within the contract and performance monitoring reports issued monthly.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ABTEC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender