Official UK procurement notice
NPTC - Telephone Systems · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NPTC Group of Colleges (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAt Neath Port Talbot College (T/A NPTC Group of Colleges) communication is key to how we-engage with our students, staff and businesses. Whilst the telephone system has vastly reduced in recent years, with other forms of communication being more prevalent, a telephone still has its place in many areas including during enrolment and daily College operations
Currently the College has one Microsoft Team telephony system with one Contact Centre system that integrates with a Customer Relations Management solution.
Please respond by the 06 March 2026
The College is seeking ways in which to leverage the full potential of Microsoft Teams telephony system whilst ensuring that calls are directed to the appropriate team to deliver the best experience for our students, staff and businesses.
AI and advanced analytics are exploratory at this stage and will be assessed for future potential rather than assumed as in-scope deliverables.
The NPTC are seeking to publish a competitive tender for a Telephone System Contract. NPTC would like to conduct a questionnaire survey.
CPV: Communications system maintenance services · Desktop communications software development services · Installation services of communications equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment (CPV 5033), and who usually turns up
NPTC Group of Colleges has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment (CPV 5033) →
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Lot #1CPV 5033Published estimate£400k
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1 bid16%
2–330%
4–628%
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About this data
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Feb 2026, 10:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Feb 2026, 10:18 GMT
- Authority reference
CA17239- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-015095- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0657caFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Feb 2026 → 12 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published245 days ago19 Feb 2026, 10:18 GMT
- Market engagement230 days ago6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Contracting Authority will conduct the procurement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and the associated regulations, ensuring compliance with the statutory objectives.
- Tender notice expected167 days ago8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 20 days12 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Feb 2026, 10:18 GMTUK2
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender