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Mobile Telephony Connections

Buyer: PLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED →

BuyerPLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published11 Mar 2026

What is being bought

2057 x EE, 154 x Vodaphone and 184x O2 sim connections for mobile phones used throughout the business.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleThe process to go out to tender had been started by a Procurement colleague at PHL before they left the organisation. It was not continued after they had departed, meaning there was not enough time to finish the tender documentation and then go through the tender process before the contract expired at the end of December 2025. We must proceed with a direct award for telephony or the business will lose its mobile connectivity for any of our staff out in the field. This would ultimately create safeguarding issues as well as a large number of staff not being able to perform their jobs on a day-to-day basis.
Rationale classificationsadditionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£850,815

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060fd4
Latest release ID021604-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 11 2026 08:54:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
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 valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Mar 2026award, contract021604-2026
23 Feb 2026award, contract016252-2026
27 Jan 2026award, contract007164-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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27 Jan 2026 · 007164-2026 · award, contract
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