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# Telecommunications, Digital Inclusion and Internet of Things

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/telecommunications-digital-inclusion-and-internet-of-things-ocds-h6vhtk-02d156). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Procurement for Housing: "Telecommunications, Digital Inclusion and Internet of Things". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £82,500,000. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Procurement for Housing](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/procurement-for-housing-coh-07662661)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £82,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 6
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Communication and multimedia software package, Communication software package, Communications infrastructure, Communications network (+137 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/telecommunications-digital-inclusion-and-internet-of-things-ocds-h6vhtk-02d156#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d156`

## 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/telecommunications-digital-inclusion-and-internet-of-things-ocds-h6vhtk-02d156#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/telecommunications-digital-inclusion-and-internet-of-things-ocds-h6vhtk-02d156#participate

## Description
Established in 2004, Procurement for Housing (PfH) is a national procurement consortium dedicated to the social housing sector and supported by the National Housing Federation (NHF), Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and HouseMark. Collectively our Members manage more than 75% of UK’ social housing stock, with PfH helping them to achieve efficiency savings using a wide range of services including framework agreements, spend analyses, strategy reviews, consolidated billing and comprehensive reporting.
PfH is a contracting authority under Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR 2015”) and a central purchasing body under regulation 37 PCR 2015
PfH has sought to establish a national Framework Agreement for Telecommunications, Digital Inclusion, Internet of Things and associated services.
The Framework will be awarded for an initial period of three years and may be extended for a further year (4 years in total)
The framework is intended to provide services and associated products relating to networking and security including cloud based solutions, voice solutions, unified communications, mobile communications and total communications, in addition to providing solution to support digital inclusion and solutions utilising the Internet of Things technologies.
For further information please refer to the procurement documentation.

## Lots (6)
### Lot 1: Networking and Security
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30200000, 30230000, 32400000, 32410000, 32412000, 32412100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £10,000,000
- **Description:** The successful suppliers will be required to provide a full range of inclusive goods and service provisions either directly or via third parties, which will include installation, maintenance, disposal and any associated services and solution includin...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Unified Communications and Voice Solutions
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30200000, 30230000, 32410000, 32412000, 32412100, 32413000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £12,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 2 requires the successful suppliers to provide a full range of inclusive goods and service provisions either directly or via third parties, which will include installation, maintenance, disposal and any associated services and solution including ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Total Communications Solutions
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30237110, 32250000, 32400000, 32410000, 32412000, 32412100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £15,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 3 offers members the opportunity to call off requirements for services spanning both Lot 1 and 2, enabling both the member and supplier to develop and implement a total Communications solution under the remit of a single supplier.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Mobile Communications
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30200000, 30213100, 30213200, 30230000, 30237200, 30237270
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £8,500,000
- **Description:** Lot 4 requires the successful supplier to offer members a full range of mobile solutions inclusive of hardware, accessories, associated software, data and associated service including delivery, maintenance and repair services, disposal and any associ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Community Wifi & Digital Inclusion Solutions
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30213000, 30213100, 30213200, 30213300, 30236000, 31712112
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £5,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 5 provides members with solutions focused upon the provision of goods and services with the intention of enhancing digital inclusion within PfH Member’s Customer environment. Within this lot, the tenant is at the heart of the intended solutions, ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 6: Internet of Things
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30237475, 31712112, 31712349, 32000000, 32200000, 32221000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £32,000,000
- **Description:** Lot 6 will provide members a full range of connectivity solutions  all focused around IOT connectivity and data, which will enable members to identify, monitor and measure sensors within any environment. It is thought that the application of IOT is h...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (6)
- **Award:** Community Wifi & Digital Inclusion Solutions (active)
  - Award id: `004303-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **AWTG Limited, Abzorb Group Ltd, North SV Limited (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157636`, `GB-FTS-44227`, `GB-FTS-136794`, `GB-FTS-44225`
  - Value: £5,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Networking and Security (active)
  - Award id: `004303-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **4net Technologies Ltd, Abzorb Group Ltd, Britannic Technologies (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142861`, `GB-FTS-44227`, `GB-FTS-142862`, `GB-FTS-107529`, `GB-FTS-169172`, `GB-FTS-44225`
  - Value: £10,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Unified Communications and Voice Solutions (active)
  - Award id: `004303-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **4net Technologies Ltd, Abzorb Group Ltd, Chess ICT Ltd (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142861`, `GB-FTS-44227`, `GB-FTS-142863`, `GB-FTS-169172`, `GB-FTS-184346`, `GB-FTS-44225`
  - Value: £12,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Mobile Communications (active)
  - Award id: `004303-2022-4`
  - Supplier(s): **4G Scotland Ltd t/a 5G Scotland, Abzorb Group Ltd, Britannic Technologies (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-44233`, `GB-FTS-44227`, `GB-FTS-142862`, `GB-FTS-169172`, `GB-FTS-44225`
  - Value: £8,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Internet of Things (active)
  - Award id: `004303-2022-5`
  - Supplier(s): **AWTG Limited, Britannic Technologies, CCS Media Limited (+4 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157636`, `GB-FTS-142862`, `GB-FTS-107529`, `GB-FTS-87357`, `GB-FTS-39767`, `GB-FTS-169172`, `GB-FTS-136794`
  - Value: £32,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Total Communications Solutions (active)
  - Award id: `004303-2022-6`
  - Supplier(s): **4net Technologies Ltd, Abzorb Group Ltd, Britannic Technologies (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142861`, `GB-FTS-44227`, `GB-FTS-142862`, `GB-FTS-142863`, `GB-FTS-169172`, `GB-FTS-44225`
  - Value: £15,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** Networking and Security (active)
  - Signed Value: £10,000,000
  - Signed Date: 07/02/2022

- **Contract:** Unified Communications and Voice Solutions (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,000,000
  - Signed Date: 07/02/2022

- **Contract:** Mobile Communications (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,500,000
  - Signed Date: 07/02/2022

- **Contract:** Internet of Things (active)
  - Signed Value: £32,000,000
  - Signed Date: 07/02/2022

- **Contract:** Total Communications Solutions (active)
  - Signed Value: £15,000,000
  - Signed Date: 07/02/2022

- **Contract:** Community Wifi & Digital Inclusion Solutions (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,000,000
  - Signed Date: 24/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004303-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-15T15:34:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T05:42:11.698Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d156