Official UK procurement notice
Replacement Wide Area Network for LFRS
Authority: Lancashire Combined Fire Authority (Police & fire)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£3,233,122published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to The Networking People (TNP) Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionReplacement Wide Area Network for all LFRS sites
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Replacement Wide Area Network for LFRS via further competitionAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 24 Jun 2026, 14:21 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2026, 14:21 BST
- Authority reference
LFRS 227- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059462- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc44Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Use of CCS framework
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,233,1221 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Networking People (TNP) LimitedWide Area Network (WAN) | £3,233,122 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Wide Area Network (WAN) · The Networking People (TNP) Limited
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2026
- Value
- £3,233,122
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Lancashire Fire and Rescue ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Networking People (TNP) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.