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Published 25 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Mobile Telephony Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: ORE Catapult (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery listed: UKUS Virgin Islands (VI)
Awarded value£90,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Abzorb

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct award to our current provider whilst we migrate our traditional telephony services to Microsoft Teams. This is due to BT turning off the analogue phone lines in 2027.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery listed: UK, US Virgin Islands (VI)
64212000 Mobile-telephone services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
Last source update
25 Feb 2026, 17:06 GMT
Authority reference
ORE26009
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017109
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area in notice
UKUS Virgin Islands (VI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065c1b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

we are going to soon be focusing on a project to migrate our traditional telephony services to Microsoft Teams. This is due to BT turning off the analogue phone lines in 2027.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Feb 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    25 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    25 Feb 2026, 16:06 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    25 Feb 2026, 17:06 GMT
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    25 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £90,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Abzorb1 Mar 2026 – 29 Feb 2028£90,00025 Feb 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Abzorb

    Signed
    25 Feb 2026
    Value
    £90,000
    Period
    1 Mar 2026 – 29 Feb 2028
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ORE Catapult

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PYJB-8958-TLYW 121 George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1RDContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AbzorbAwarded supplier Armytage Road, Brighthouse, Yorkshire & Humber, HD6 1QFContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender