Text Messaging Services - Via Exception to Quotation

Official notice

Authority: The City of Liverpool College (Education)

Below threshold - without competitionConcessionSME suitable

Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: North West (UKD72)

Awarded value£72,800published award · exc. VAT · operator revenue, not the authority's budget

Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

Award (standstill) to Reach-Data Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Text messaging credits to be purchased over a 3 x year period

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

64220000 Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Concession
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: 23 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST
Last source update: 23 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST
Authority reference: ETQ 1315
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-034283
Latest notice: Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area: North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055170 Find a Tender

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025

Transparency notice published
23 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST
UK5
Contract signature expected
23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value £72,8001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Reach-Data LtdSMEText Messaging Services24 Jun 2025 – 31 Jul 2028	£72,800	—	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The City of Liverpool College

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZGX-5416-YRGY · GB-UKPRN: 10003955 The City of Liverpool College, The Learning Exchange, Liverpool, North West, L1 9DWContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Reach-Data LtdAwarded supplier Atlas Office Park, First Point, Doncaster, Yorkshire & Humber, DN4 5JTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender23 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST