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DfT - Supply of Overseas E SIMS

Buyer: Department for Transport →

BuyerDepartment for Transport
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£500,000
Published3 Jun 2026

What is being bought

DfT are seeking a supplier capable of providing eSIM solutions for data roaming for business travellers. This Expression of Interest aims to assess your capabilities. Please email DDaT.CRM@dft.gov.uk to request the EOI documentation quoting reference number TRGA3399. ---Update--- All suppliers that are still interested in this opportunity, and wish to be involved in additional market engagement regarding DfT's Statement of Requirement, please email DDaT.CRM@dft.gov.uk. A market engagement event will be held via Microsoft Teams in the comming weeks. Thank you for your patience.

Categories

Mobile-telephone services 64212000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 1 Oct 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Mobile-telephone servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 64. The category anchor is Mobile-telephone services (64212000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 641,3383 median · 18.9 average (416 of 1,338 with a bid count)2.3 average (500 of 1,338 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)733.5 median · 3.5 average (2 of 73 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 73 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Please contact DDaT.CRM@dft.gov.uk for access to the Expression of Interest Documentation. Please note, only suppliers that respond to the Expression of Interest will be invited to ITT.engagement30 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05cf9d
Latest release ID052383-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jun 03 2026 13:07:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Jun 2026planningUpdate052383-2026
20 Oct 2025planning066650-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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