Official UK procurement notice
CS Mobile Telecoms Services supply for the British High Commission in Kingston
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking to engage the market in relation to the provision of managed mobile telecommunications services to support operational requirements.
The requirement primarily relates to the delivery of mobile voice, data and SMS services, including national coverage and international roaming capability, together with associated service management, customer support and reporting. As part of the requirement, the Authority may also require the supply of mobile devices (handsets) and associated equipment. These goods are expected to be ancillary to the core service provision and may include a range of standard corporate devices, with associated pricing and lifecycle support.
CPV: Mobile-telephone services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office buys Telephone and data transmission services (CPV 6421), and who usually turns up
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Telephone and data transmission services (CPV 6421) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 57 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14% / 13%
2–354% / 47%
4–625% / 20%
7+7% / 20%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate33% / 67%
Within ±2%35% / 0%
Above estimate33% / 33%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6421Published estimate£214k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 13 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid38%
2–323%
4–623%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Vodacom TanzaniaEarlier contract | Provision of Mobile Telephony service to British High Commission Dar es Salaamended Apr 2025 | — | £134k | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
41% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
41% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (41% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Provision of Mobile Telephony service to British High Commission Dar es Salaam — held by Vodacom Tanzania; the published contract ends 30 Apr 2025.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2026, 20:35 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 20:35 BST
- Authority reference
CPH13993-2027- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047446- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a01eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 May 2026 → 31 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published156 days ago21 May 2026, 20:35 BST
- Market engagement147 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
In addition to the publication of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice, a number of known and established suppliers operating within the mobile telecommunications sector in the relevant market will be contacted directly via email. If you are a suppleir that can supply this service, you can contact us via [email protected] to express interest of participation.
These suppliers are expected to include established mobile network operators and regional service providers with demonstrated capability to deliver corporate mobile telecommunications services.
The purpose of this communication will be to formally notify suppliers of the Authority’s intention to commence a competitive procurement process, provide indicative timelines, and encourage participation.
Suppliers contacted directly will also be provided with guidance on how to register on the Authority’s e-procurement platform (Jaggaer), which will be used to manage the forthcoming tender process and all associated communications.
- Tender notice expected114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 7 days31 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 May 2026, 20:35 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender