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# Skype Replacement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/skype-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-059477). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Plymouth City Council: "Skype Replacement". Published status: complete. Contract 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:** [Plymouth City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/plymouth-city-council-ons-e06000026)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £94,401 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/skype-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-059477#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059477`

## 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/skype-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-059477#tl-md)

## Description
Skype for Business was retired by Microsoft in January 2024 with extended support in place until 
14th October 2025.
The Council needs the ability to use some form of telephony when Skype goes to end of life.
Currently PCC have 2090 Microsoft E3 licences, which enables collaboration and calls between 
staff who have the E3 licence and where possible telephony will be facilitated using federated 
Teams calling with other Local Authorities, Central government and other federated partners.
Some of the council functions will require staff to be able to call an external number of an 
organisation or an individual with whom the council is not federated, to facilitate this all staff will 
have an E5 licences applied to them, licencing them for external calling.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Delt Shared Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-159900`
  - Value: £94,401 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Skype Replacement (active)
  - Signed Value: £94,401
  - Signed Date: 11/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F054053-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-04T15:19:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:21:12.844Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-059477