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Mobile Voice and Data Services Agreement

Buyer: West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner →

BuyerWest Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published18 Jun 2025

What is being bought

*REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY* Objectives of this RFI are: - To gain a formal understanding of the capabilities of suppliers to support the transition from a network provider for IPVPN, SD Wan, Network connectivity and support services. - To gain a formal understanding of the capabilities of suppliers in the digital communication market and contact center market. - To gain a formal understanding of the capabilities of suppliers to support the transition from a network provider for Mobile Voice, Mobile Data and support Services. - To understand indicative pricing of suppliers in the marketplace. - To engage with interested Suppliers to help finalize an attractive tender to the market. Should your organisation wish to be included in this exercise you should indicate your interest by providing confirmation via the correspondence facility on the In-Tend Bluelight eTendering Tool : Sell2 (in-tend.co.uk) - (https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders) by no later than 12:00 hrs on 4th July 2025.

Categories

Telecommunications services 64200000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 9 Feb 2026 to 1 Apr 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0001Telecommunications servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 64. The category anchor is Telecommunications services (64200000); 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 641,3393 median · 18.9 average (416 of 1,339 with a bid count)2.3 average (501 of 1,339 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot 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
Request for Informationengagement4 Jul 2025scheduled

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-0548de
Latest release ID033400-2025
Latest release timestampWed Jun 18 2025 14:24:41 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 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 source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Jun 2025planningUpdate033400-2025
13 Jun 2025planning032416-2025

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 (2 releases)
18 Jun 2025 · 033400-2025 · planningUpdate
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13 Jun 2025 · 032416-2025 · planning
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