Official UK procurement notice
Mobile Voice and Data Services
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish 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.
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
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scottish Procurement is establishing a collaborative framework agreement for Mobile…Planned
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.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Scottish Government buys Telephone and data transmission services (CPV 6421), and who usually turns up
Scottish Government’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Telephone and data transmission services (CPV 6421) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 57 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid33% / 13%
2–333% / 47%
4–619% / 20%
7+15% / 20%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate49% / 67%
Within ±2%39% / 0%
Above estimate12% / 33%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Scottish Procurement is establishing a collaborative framework agreement for Mobile…CPV 6421Published estimate£40m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 15 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–347%
4–620%
7+20%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| VODAFONE LIMITEDEarlier contract | Mobile Voice and Data Servicesnotice published Apr 2023 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Mobile Voice and Data Services — held by VODAFONE LIMITED; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jun 2026, 15:18 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2026, 15:18 BST
- Authority reference
SP-25-013- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055340- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b33cFind a Tender
Publisher note: Work has commenced on the third generation of the mobile voice and data services sourcing strategy. This includes the establishment of a user intelligence group comprising members of the Scottish public sector and end users of these services and who provide input and assistance with the strategy development. To complete and finalise the strategy, Scottish Procurement recognises the value of suppliers and industry bodies having the opportunity to contribute to this process on a non-competitive, non-judgemental basis. To enable this, Scottish Procurement has drafted a Request for Information (RfI) and suppliers and other interested parties should read, populate and return the RfI . A link to the RfI is contained within the main RFI document, attached to this notice. Views/comments in connection to the RfI are required by midday on 30 June 2026. This notice is issued for information only and does not constitute a call for competition. Any collaborative arrangement for Mobile Voice and Data Services will be available to the Scottish public and third sector bodies detailed within the Contract Notice. Following receipt of responses to the RfI, Scottish Procurement may engage directly with interested Suppliers to obtain further market intelligence. Scottish Government and the Scottish Ministers shall have no liability for any costs, however incurred, by those organisations engaging in the RfI process, attending any information meetings, or having any involvement in the proposed procurement process. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=831901. (SC Ref:831901)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Jun 2026 → 23 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published133 days ago11 Jun 2026, 15:18 BST
- Tender notice expected30 days ago23 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.