Official UK procurement notice
FPEP Cellular Network · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City will provide the tender documents relating to this procurement upon receipt of a completed Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA). The NDA must be returned via the messaging facility on the City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal (itt_310), at the address set out at section 126 of this notice.
The City of London Police (CoLP) are currently undertaking a programme to modernise their estate through a mixture of the construction of brand new buildings and the refurbishment of existing buildings.
There will be 6 buildings within the future police estate of varying sizes and containing a wide range of functions, and they will be ready for handover to CoLP at different times across approximately a 2-year period from late 2026 to early 2029.
There will be a minimum of four sites requiring cellular network throughout. The deployment will be modular (different buildings will be brought online on different dates), but the contract must incorporate all sites, with aligned contract renewal dates and consistent SLAs.
It is possible up to three additional small sites may also require cellular connectivity, but this will not be known until these sites have been constructed.
The contract must be flexible enough to add additional sites as required. City of London requires further information which is outlined below.
This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free.
The estimated contract value given at sections 31 and 32 is for the full duration of the contract.
- Not divided into lots: Dividing this procurement into lots having a supplier building) would have been difficult to contract manage and there would've been inconsistencies across the Future Police Estate (FPE). PME evidence it was more viable to tender for one provider to deliver the contract for the whole FPE.
CPV: Telecommunications network · Telecommunications services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,151,240
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the tender documents
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 55%
- Responsible Prourement: 15%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: Suppliers will be required to submit responses to the follow questions, outlined in the Technical Response Document (totalling 55% overall): Service Design and Implementation Approach - 20% Service Design, Transition & Implementation Approach - 6% Service Operating Model (BAU Service Delivery - 8% Supply Chain & Subcontractor Management - 4% Governance & Relationship Management - 4% Resilience & Business Continuity - 4% Continuous Improvement & Innovation - 4% Security Management - 5%
- Responsible Prourement: Suppliers will be required to submit responses to the follow questions, outlined in the Technical Response Document (totalling 15% overall): Digital Skills Investment Strategy (Added Social Value) - 5% Carbon Emmisions - 2.5% Sustainable Innovation - 2.5% Resources Procurement/Disposal - 2.5% Air Quality - 2.5%
- Commercial: Suppliers commercial responses will be evaluated against the criterua set out with the Commercial Response Document.
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the tender documents
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Nov 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 14:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082700- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e33cFind a Tender
- Risks
Any delays to the installation of the cellular network will impact the City of London Police Officers and delay the move to the new FPE (Future Police Estate).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free.
The estimated contract value given at sections 31 and 32 (“Total Value”) is for the full duration of the contract. The estimated contract value is £1,51,240+VAT
Timeline
18 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published341 days ago18 Nov 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Market engagement327 days ago2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
The City seeks input from the contractor market to understand what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity to deliver the project outcomes.
This Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise will provide an opportunity for the City to obtain insight into how contractors might approach the delivery of the project. It also gives a useful early insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed project from the market.
Interested organisations will be asked to complete and return a brief questionnaire. To access the PME questionnaire and supporting documentation, please register on the electronic tendering system 'City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal' url: cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗
and search for Cellular Network'.
Organisations should submit their completed questionnaire in accordance with the instructions set out in the PME documentation, by the return deadline of 12:00pm (noon/midday) on 2nd December 2025.
Following receipt and review of questionnaires, the project team may conduct further direct discussions with organisations of interest to further explore the themes set out in the questionnaire.
- Next notice expected292 days ago6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published54 days ago1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
- Clarification questions by33 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 days ago29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by4 days ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 35 days30 Nov 2026
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Nov 2025, 12:30 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Nov 2025, 10:04 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Nov 2025, 15:04 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,151,2401 Sept 2026, 14:17 BSTwas £500,000
- Status changed to active1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
- Tender notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:30 BSTUK4
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-11: 2 releases · 18 Nov 2025, 20 Nov 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender