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Published 18 Nov 2025, 12:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

FPEP Cellular Network · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£1,151,240≈ £384k / year · £1,381,488 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 29 Sept 2026
Next notice expected 6 Jan 2026
Contract term 3 yrsends 29 Nov 2029 · up to 28 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 30 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 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 published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£1,151,240
Contract period: 30 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 28 Nov 2031 with extensionsValue: £1,151,240 exc. VAT · £1,381,488 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK, LondonEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: This contract duration is for three (3) years with an option to extend for a further two (2) years, in one (1) year increments, therefore the total contract duration is five (5) years). The value's shown in sections 31 and 32 are for the full duration of the contract (60 months).
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    As set out in the tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    As set out in the tender documents

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
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.
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    As set out in the tender documents

  • Technical & professional ability

    As set out in the tender documents

What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Telecommunications networkTelecommunications services
Delivery area
UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e33c Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
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
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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
  1. Planning notice published341 days ago
    18 Nov 2025, 12:30 GMT
  2. Market engagement327 days ago
    2 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.

  3. Next notice expected292 days ago
    6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published54 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
  5. Clarification questions by33 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline26 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by4 days ago
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  9. Contract startsin 35 days
    30 Nov 2026

Notice history

9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Nov 2025, 12:30 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Nov 2025, 10:04 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    20 Nov 2025, 15:04 GMT
    UK2
  4. Tender notice published
    1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
    UK4
  5. Published value updated to £1,151,240
    1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
    was £500,000
  6. Status changed to active
    1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
  7. Procurement method changed
    1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
  8. Deadline published: 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
    1 Sept 2026, 14:17 BST
  9. Tender notice published
    1 Sept 2026, 14:30 BST
    UK4
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-11: 2 releases · 18 Nov 2025, 20 Nov 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYQD-1693-MYXR PO Box 270, City of London, London, EC2P 2EJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure