Official UK procurement notice
Royal Borough of Greenwich Mobile telephony
Authority: Royal Borough of Greenwich (Local council)
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£875,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Virgin Media Business Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRoyal Borough of Greenwich Mobile telephony contract with Virgin Media Business T/A Virgin Media O2 Business
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- 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
- 25 Mar 2025, 10:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2025, 10:49 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011060- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f849Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Changing to an alternative provider would have considerable impact and disruption on service across RBG, both operationally, and financially. Arranging for every SIM card to be swapped out, practically, RBG would need to bear the expense of temporary staff to either work on the SIM swap of backfill for staff completing this work, for an estimated 8 months based on 5000+ connections. Service disruption, service areas would need to make staff available with their devices to enable this.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025- Transparency notice published25 Mar 2025, 10:49 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected25 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £875,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Media Business Ltd31 Mar 2025 – 30 Oct 2029 · up to 30 Oct 2031Extensions: If the Buyer wishes to invoke the extension above, it may do so only in multiples of 12 months, and provided that it does not exceed the total Call-Off Optional Extension Period set out above. MINIMUM PERIOD OF NOTICE FOR WITHOUT REASON TERMINATION During the Call Off Initial Period, the minimum period of notice for without reason termination, per Shared Data Bundle, shall be the Call-Off Initial Period minus the number of months such Shared Data Bundle has been connected under the Call-Off Contract. Where a Buyer invokes the Call Off Extension Period, the minimum period of notice for without reason termination, per Shared Data Bundle, shall be extended to the Call-Off Initial Period + Call-Off Extension Period minus the number of months such Shared Data Bundle has been connected under the Call-Off Contract. | £875,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED T/A VIRGIN MEDIA O2 BUSINESSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender