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Mobile Voice and Data Services

Buyer: Scottish Government →

BuyerScottish Government
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£40,000,000
Published11 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Scottish Procurement is establishing a collaborative framework agreement for Mobile Voice and Data Services for Scottish public and third sector bodies. The current single supplier framework is due to expire on 14 April 2027.

Delivery location

UKM

Categories

SIM cards 31712112Mobile telephones 32250000Telephone network equipment 32429000Wireless telecommunications system 32510000Telecommunications cable and equipment 32520000Electronic data exchange services 64216110Integrated telecommunications services 64227000Mobile-telephone services 64212000

Lot details

Lot 1

Scottish Procurement is establishing a collaborative framework agreement for Mobile Voice and Data Services for Scottish public and third sector bodies. Consideration is being given to replace the current framework for a period of up to 4 years. The current single supplier framework is due to expire on 14 April 2027. The scope for this framework is still being developed but is likely to include voice and SMS, a range of individual and shared data services, devices and accessories, international tariffs, professional services, lone worker services, mobile internet of things (IoT) services, mobile device management, business mobility applications, device managed service, WiFi calling, Teams mobile. Other relevant services may be included prior to the issue of the Contract Notice.

Statusplanned

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1SIM cards, Mobile telephones, Telephone network equipment, Wireless telecommunications system, Telecommunications cable and equipment, Electronic data exchange services, Integrated telecommunications servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 31. The category anchor is SIM cards (31712112); 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 318036 median · 92.5 average (143 of 803 with a bid count)6.6 average (167 of 803 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer6Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKM6512.5 median · 33.4 average (14 of 65 with a bid count)8.4 average (16 of 65 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)552.5 median · 2.5 average (2 of 55 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 55 with named award suppliers)Not 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 byGPA
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.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b33c
Latest release ID055340-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jun 11 2026 14:18:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
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 value£40,000,000
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
11 Jun 2026planning055340-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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