Official UK procurement notice
Mobile Voice and Data Services
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedMobile Voice and Data Services · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMobile Voice and Data Services
- Recurrence: March 2026
CPV: Electronic data exchange services · Integrated telecommunications services · Mobile telephones · Mobile-telephone services · SIM cards · Telecommunications cable and equipment · Telephone network equipment · Wireless telecommunications system
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 3 bids received (3.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Scottish Ministers through the National Collaborative Procurement Division of the…AwardedRenewalPublished value£30,000,000
The Scottish Ministers through the National Collaborative Procurement Division of the Scottish Government have awarded a single supplier national framework agreement for the provision of Mobile Voice and Data Services and associated value-added services across all geographical areas of Scotland.
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, The Office for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Limited, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Scottish Futures Trust, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the Membership Database of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Information about agencies of the Scottish Ministers, Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies and offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices are listed at
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/pu… ↗
Overview of the governance structure of public procurement for Scotland, including the Public Procurement Group.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Price: 60%
- Economic & financial standing
A form of financial assessment from each tenderer is required and the Authority will undertake an action using Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to obtain a Financial Risk Score (D&B Failure Score) for the Tenderer and any consortia or reliance members.
If the D&B Failure Score is 51 or more you will receive a pass for this assessment.
If the D&B Failure Score is less than 51 or no D&B Failure Score is available we will contact the Tenderer and seek further information. We will then use this further information to assess the Tenderer’s level of financial risk. If this assessment identifies an unmanageable risk (i.e it is unacceptable) the Tenderer will fail this assessment.
In the event that the Tenderer does not meet the financial criteria above, they may still be considered via some form of other assurance e.g. Parent Company Guarantee providing parent has a D&B Failure Score of 51 or more) or a performance bond.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Tenderers economic and financial standing.
Details of the D&B ”A Guide to Dun & Bradstreet’s Predictive Indicators” – can be found using the http address below:
www.dnb.co.uk/about-us/our-analyti… ↗
*Note to Tenderers* - there is no action for Tenderers to undertake regarding company Financial Assessment. The Authority will undertake the action as detailed above.
Minimum: It is a requirement that tenderers hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded framework the types of insurance indicated below: Public liability insurance in the sum of not less than 1,000,000 GBP per instance and unlimited in total, and; P… - Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must confirm they meet the selection Criteria as follows:
Cyber Security - There are minimum cyber security requirements for the framework agreement. Tenderers will be required to complete an online Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using the Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool. A link to CSPST can be found here:
The questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the framework agreement, based on the Contracting Authority’s assessment of cyber risk.
Further details will be set out in the procurement documents.
Minimum: For this framework agreement tenderers are required to hold ISO/IEC 27001:2013 or equivalent. Environmental - Maintain standards of environmental protection including certification to ISO 14001/EMAS or equivalent standards relevant to the delivery of this framework agreement.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Mobile Voice and Data Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · March 2026
- First published
- 11 Nov 2022, 11:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2023, 11:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Dec 2022 – …
- Authority reference
SP-22-005- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011479- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03838bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Vodafone Ltd is an accredited real Living Wage employer and accordingly, pay all staff at least the real Living Wage. A previous notice relating to this procurement exercise can be located at https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015098-2022?origin=SearchResults&p=1 The framework will be for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend for a further 12 months giving a maximum framework duration of 4 years (SC Ref:723952)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
15 Dec 2022 → 21 Apr 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published21 Apr 2023, 11:52 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Apr 2023, 11:52 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 011479-2023-SP-22-005-1
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2023
- Value
- £30,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Vodafone LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.