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Published 7 Aug 2026, 15:44 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

Provision of the Station End PSTN Upgrade

Cheshire Fire Authority
Police & Fire
Direct award
No classification published
North West (UKD)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Direct award
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Cheshire Fire Authority: "Provision of the Station End PSTN Upgrade". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
Contract for the Provision of the Station End PSTN Upgrade

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITEDHolds 24.5% of historical attributable spend
Low Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Cheshire Fire Authority

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Cheshire Fire Authority. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    4Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 0%
    Supplier Concentration
    Low Concentration
    TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITEDTop vendor: 24.5% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £865,054Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 7 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (7 active published awards)
    Coverage: 7 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 48):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED1 win£211,818No published budget
    Gartan Technologies1 win£176,766No published budget
    Airbus Defence and Space Ltd1 win£160,055No published budget
    PIRANHA AUDIO VISUAL LIMITED1 win£147,615No published budget
    SLICED BREAD ANIMATION LIMITED1 win£90,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 48 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 8 Sept 2026, 23:23 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    7.58%
    CPV sector evidence · 115 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    2reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 2,681 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~63 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 117 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 48)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    LOCKHEED MARTIN UK LIMITEDCRN: PNLV-4275-TLYW
    		127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    KONGSBERG NORCONTROL LIMITEDCRN: PPYC-1178-HXWN
    		127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SPACEFLUX LTDCRN: PZRP-1811-DLNX
    		127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SKYRORA LIMITEDCRN: PZVZ-7296-VJDT
    		127 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SCAN ASSOCIATES LTDCRN: 10155969
    		124 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    TTP PLCCRN: PNGY-6876-NPML
    		122 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    Bornea Dynamics LimitedCRN: PBQT-1941-CDMP
    		117 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    SOFTCAT PLCCRN: 02174990
    		114 contracts£301,357,556At ceiling / not disclosed
    AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITEDCRN: PXTC-3157-GCRP
    		111 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    TELESPAZIO UK LIMITEDCRN: PVQP-7147-CRHL
    		93 contractsNot disclosedAt ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    No sufficiently evidenced comparable record has been calculated yet.
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodDirect awardLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published7 Aug 2026, 15:44 BSTLast source update7 Aug 2026, 15:44 BST
    Classification (CPV)Unspecified in notice
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0614c8
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      7 Aug 2026, 15:44 BST
    2. Award active
      25 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT · £211,818
    3. Standstill period concludes
      12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT (PCR 2015 10-day moratorium)
    4. Contract active
      Signed 7 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £211,818

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (1)
    Telent Part of M Group
    £211,818 · 25 Nov 2025, 00:00 GMT · active · lots 1
    Standstill concludes: 12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT(PCR 2015 10-day moratorium before contract signing)
    Contracts (1)
    Contract
    £211,818 · signed 7 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active
    Contract period: 7 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST — 6 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      7 Aug 2026, 15:44 BST
    2. Official notice release published
      3 Feb 2026, 15:08 GMT
    3. Official notice release published
      2 Feb 2026, 18:30 GMT

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    Cheshire Fire Authority

    Contracting authority
    Police & Fire
    GB-PPON-PXBC-3252-DZQJ
    View buyer profile →
    Award and contract changes

    Official Documents & Specifications (5)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    Procedure justification & pre-market engagement
    Official Statement
    Procedure rationale (direct award / limited competition)Telent should be appointed to deliver the PSTN modem upgrade to 4G routers due to their unique position as the current support provider for both the CFRS firecoder equipment and NWFC infrastructure. The upgrade requires reconfiguration at both the station end and the central hub, and it is vital that the firecoders are configured correctly to ensure uninterrupted mobilisation of fire crews and appliances. Telent's existing support relationship and technical expertise with the Multitone CCPs and NWFC systems means they are the only supplier capable of making the necessary changes across both ends of the solution. Engaging another supplier would introduce significant risk and complexity, as they would not have access to nor the authority to modify the integrated systems. While an alternative approach was considered-where Telent would carry out configuration under the existing support contract and CFRS would procure routers separately via InSight-CradlePoint confirmed that licensing restrictions prevent Telent from managing routers not purchased through them. Therefore, Telent's involvement is essential to ensure a fully supported, resilient, and compliant solution.