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title: "Provision of Telephony Support and  Maintenance"
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# Provision of Telephony Support and  Maintenance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-telephony-support-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0296ed). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DVLA Commercial Services Directorate: "Provision of Telephony Support and  Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [DVLA Commercial Services Directorate](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dvla-commercial-services-directorate-GB-FTS-6984)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL18
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,028,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0296ed`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-telephony-support-and-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0296ed#tl-md)

## Description
The DVLA is looking to award a contract for it’s support and maintenance Telephony Communication service. This is due to the impact of the Pandemic and delays in the process has led to the Agency having to extend its current arrangement. We are intending to award a contract for 1 year only.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The DVLA is looking to award a contract for it’s support and maintenance Telephony Communication service. This is due to the impact of the Pandemic and delays in the process has led to the Agency having to extend its current arrangement. We are inten...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Telephony Support and Maintenace (active)
  - Award id: `003973-2021-PS/16/70-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Virgin Media Business**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185414`
  - Value: £5,028,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Telephony Support and Maintenace (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,028,000
  - Signed Date: 25/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003973-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-27T09:32:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T17:21:00.767Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0296ed