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Published 28 May 2025, 10:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Network and Telephone Connectivity

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

4 lotsServicesRestricted procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE11)
Planned pipeline value£3,773,260total for 4 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 18 Nov 2027from the planned procurement notice
Lots 4see the lot list below
Contract term 4 yrsends 1 Nov 2033 · starts 6 Nov 2029

Re-procurement plannedProvision of Network and Telephone Connectivity

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Hull City Council (The Authority) has awarded contracts under a CCS framework for Network and Telephone Connectivity services.

The contracts are divided into the following lots:

  • Corporate Internet and 3rd Party Connectivity Services for a period of five years with the option of a further three years at a cost of £350,094 (total five-year cost).
  • Wide Area Network connectivity including CCTV connectivity for a period of five years with the option of a further three years at a cost of £3,508,526 (total five-year cost).
  • Unified Communications and contact Centre technology for a period of five years with the option of a further three years at a cost of £564,691 (total five-year cost)

CPV: Computer network services · IP telephone services · Internet service providers ISP · Local area network services · Local telephone services · Long distance telephone services · Mobile-telephone services · Public-telephone services · Telecommunications equipment and supplies · Telecommunications system · Wide area network services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1RM6116 Lot 1a - Inter Site Connectivity (WAN) ServicesAwarded

To award a contract to GCI Network Solutions Ltd to supply Wide Area Network

connectivity including CCTV connectivity for a period of five years with the option of a

further three years at a cost of £3,508,526 (total five-year cost).

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions: Option to extend for 3 years.
32500000 Telecommunications equipment and supplies32524000 Telecommunications system64211000 Public-telephone services64211100 Local telephone services64211200 Long distance telephone services64212000 Mobile-telephone services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2RM6116 Lot 1a - Corporate internet & 3rd party services connectivity (1)Awarded

To award a contract to GCI Network Solutions Ltd to supply Corporate Internet and 3rd

Party Connectivity Services for a period of five years with the option of a further three

years at a cost of £350,094 (total five-year cost).

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions: Option to extend for 3 years.
32500000 Telecommunications equipment and supplies32524000 Telecommunications system64211000 Public-telephone services64211100 Local telephone services64211200 Long distance telephone services64212000 Mobile-telephone services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3RM6116 Lot 4b - Unified Communications services (1)Awarded

To award a contract to Maintel Europe Ltd to supply Unified Communications and

contact Centre technology for a period of five years with the option of a further three

years at a cost of £564,691 (total five-year cost)

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
Extensions: Option to extend for 3 years.
32500000 Telecommunications equipment and supplies32524000 Telecommunications system64211000 Public-telephone services64211100 Local telephone services64211200 Long distance telephone services64212000 Mobile-telephone services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Planned 4 yrs

The source published no individual description for this lot.

Contract period: 6 Nov 2029 – 1 Nov 2033 (4 yrs)
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber
72700000 Computer network services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Hull City Council buys Wide area network services (CPV 7272), and who usually turns up

Hull City Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Wide area network services (CPV 7272) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerHull City Council · division 72
The marketWide area network services (CPV 7272)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 of 21 known-size awards · market: CPV 7272 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=8
43%25%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 31 known-location awards · market: CPV 7272 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=8
23%25%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 72 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=54
—62 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 62 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 29 of 30 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 7272 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=6
97%50%

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer89 lots with bid counts · all categories
35% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · CPV 7272 · UK-wide
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid35% / 0%
Buyer: 31 of 89 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–322% / 0%
Buyer: 20 of 89 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–619% / 60%
Buyer: 17 of 89 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+24% / 40%
Buyer: 21 of 89 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer63 lots with estimate and award · all categories
27% below estimate
The market55 lots with estimate and award · division 72 · Yorkshire and the Humber
36% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate27% / 36%
Buyer: 17 of 63 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 20 of 55 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%63% / 51%
Buyer: 40 of 63 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 28 of 55 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10% / 13%
Buyer: 6 of 63 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 55 lots with an estimate and award.
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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.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1RM6116 Lot 1a - Inter Site Connectivity (WAN) ServicesCPV 7272Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 69 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 69 similar lots
1 bid10%
7 of 69 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–330%
21 of 69 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–626%
18 of 69 similar past lots received 4–6 (26%).
7+33%
23 of 69 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

Lot #2RM6116 Lot 1a - Corporate internet & 3rd party services connectivity (1)CPV 7272Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 69 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 69 similar lots
1 bid10%
7 of 69 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–330%
21 of 69 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–626%
18 of 69 similar past lots received 4–6 (26%).
7+33%
23 of 69 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

Lot #3RM6116 Lot 4b - Unified Communications services (1)CPV 7272Estimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 69 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 69 similar lots
1 bid10%
7 of 69 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–330%
21 of 69 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–626%
18 of 69 similar past lots received 4–6 (26%).
7+33%
23 of 69 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

Lot #4CPV 727248 monthsEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 69 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet10% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 69 similar lots
1 bid10%
7 of 69 similar past lots received 1 bid (10%).
2–330%
21 of 69 similar past lots received 2–3 (30%).
4–626%
18 of 69 similar past lots received 4–6 (26%).
7+33%
23 of 69 similar past lots received 7+ (33%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
28 May 2025, 10:07 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067066
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Computer network servicesIP telephone servicesInternet service providers ISPLocal area network servicesLocal telephone servicesLong distance telephone servicesMobile-telephone servicesPublic-telephone servicesTelecommunications equipment and suppliesTelecommunications system
+1 moreWide area network services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052787 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 May 2025 → 6 Nov 2029 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 May 2025, 10:07 BST
  2. Latest notice published370 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  3. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 387 days
    18 Nov 2027, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts
    6 Nov 2029

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    28 May 2025, 10:07 BST
    UK1
  2. Status changed to complete
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    21 Oct 2025, 12:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £4,423,3113 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 3latest 8 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · RM6116 Lot 1a - Inter Site Connectivity (WAN) Services1 award
GCI Network Solutions LTD£3,508,526 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · RM6116 Lot 1a - Corporate internet & 3rd party services connectivity (1)1 award
GCI Network Solutions LTD£350,094 †—Awarded
Lot 3 · RM6116 Lot 4b - Unified Communications services (1)1 award
Maintel Europe Ltd£564,691 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • RM6116 Lot 1a - Inter Site Connectivity (WAN) Services · GCI Network Solutions LTD

    Signed
    8 Aug 2025
    Value
    £3,508,526
    Status
    active

  • RM6116 Lot 1a - Corporate internet & 3rd party services connectivity (1) · GCI Network Solutions LTD

    Signed
    8 Aug 2025
    Value
    £350,094
    Status
    active

  • RM6116 Lot 4b - Unified Communications services (1) · Maintel Europe Ltd

    Signed
    8 Nov 2024
    Value
    £564,691
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Hull City Council

Contracting authorityGeneral public servicesPublic authority - sub-central government 168524345 · GB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU1 2AAContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Town ClerkReview body Hull

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • GCI Network Solutions LTDAwarded supplier05623736 19-25 Nuffield Road, Poole, South West, BH17 0RUContact email, phone
  • Maintel Europe LtdAwarded supplier2665837 160 Blackfriars Road, London, London, SE1 8EZContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender