Official UK procurement notice
Replacement of Analogue Telephony Lines
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is awarding a contract to BT for the continued use of analogue service and their PDPL solution from 1st October 2025 until 30th September 2029 to allow this rationalisation process to complete and to undertake the procurement of the new single digital services contract.
CPV: Installation services of line telephony equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), including copper analogue services…Awarded
The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), including copper analogue services currently provided by Openreach, is ceasing. All PSTN services are required to transition to a digital solution before Openreach ceases all analogue provision (presently scheduled for January 2027, although exchanges will close before that date).
Throughout the City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) estate, the current analogue service is to be provided for as long as possible, whilst the Council identifies lines required and solutions for a future upgrade to a digital service.
The Council intend to novate analogue fixed lines from O2 and Enterprise Broadband lines from CGI, so all analogue services are with a single provider, in preparation for entering the market for a full digital solution.
To ensure services continue to be provided to the circa 1,500 lines which support telephones, lifts, alarms, traffic lights and other infrastructure currently on an analogue line, we require BT to continue to support, whilst the Council identify which lines require transition to which digital solution, and we cease analogue lines where no longer in use or required.
The Council will also be adopting Pre-Digital Phone Lines (PDPL) for some lines until the transition of the estate equipment, so it can accept a digital solution. Additional information: Contract will run from 1st January 2026 until 31st December 2029.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Sept 2025, 10:06 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Dec 2025, 11:15 GMT
- Authority reference
CT1651- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079653- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0593caFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
PSTN Analogue services can no longer be procured. To ensure services continue to be provided to the circa 1,500 lines which support telephones, lifts, alarms, traffic lights and other infrastructure currently on an analogue line, we require BT to continue to support, whilst the Council identify which lines require transition to which digital solution, and we cease analogue lines where no longer in use or required.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. In general, a claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 10 days of the date on which the VEAT Notice is published in the Find a Tender Service
Publisher note: Contract with British Telecommunications PLC is subject to agreeing terms. (SC Ref:817557)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Telecommunications Plc | £3,500,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| British Telecommunications Plc | £2,100,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 079653-2025-CT1651-1 · British Telecommunications Plc
- Signed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Value
- £2,100,000
- Status
- active
Contract 053787-2025-CT1651-1 · British Telecommunications Plc
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £3,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- British Telecommunications PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.