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# The ECHO2 Programme: Network Integration Services Procurement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-echo2-programme-network-integration-services-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-0328c1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "The ECHO2 Programme: Network Integration Services Procurement". Published status: complete. Published 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:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communication land-line rental, Communications network, Dedicated-business telephone network services, Ethernet network, ISDN network (+27 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £184,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0328c1`

## 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/the-echo2-programme-network-integration-services-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-0328c1#tl-md)

## Description
The contracting authority on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and the British Council (BC) (collectively the ‘Partners’ or ‘Customers’) have awarded a framework agreement to Fujitsu Services Limited for the provision of Network Integration Services (the ‘Services’). The contracting authority intends to make the framework agreement available to other UK Central Government bodies.
The services will connect ministerial headquarters and other head offices in the UK with their respective embassies, consulates and other office locations across the globe.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32400000, 32410000, 32412000, 32412100, 32412110, 32413000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The contracting authority has selected a single supplier who can make available the following services under the framework agreement as included below.
 1) Implementation services — the requirements for the implementation of the supplier's solution. ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** The ECHO2 Programme: Network Integration Services (active)
  - Award id: `008742-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **FUJITSU SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-00096056`
  - Value: £184,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** The ECHO2 Programme: Network Integration Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £184,000,000
  - Signed Date: 15/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008742-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-31T16:23:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T00:27:05.236Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0328c1