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planning
Official procurement procedure
To provide VoIP Support and Maintenance to St Helens Schools
IT services: consulting
software development
Internet and support
+4 more
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: St Helens Council: "To provide VoIP Support and Maintenance to St Helens Schools". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | St Helens Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: St Helens Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for St Helens Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
8.7Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Senate GroupTop vendor: 51.8% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 50 active published awards; 10 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Senate Group | 1 win | £190,000 |
| Senate Group | 1 win | £148,930 |
| Richard Campey Ltd | 1 win | £27,746 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySt Helens Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT | Last source update11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment | ||
Delivery area UK | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05de4f | ||
What is being bought
St Helens Council would like to take the opportunity to do a `soft market testing' to determine current interest levels in the market supporting schools in St Helens. Most of the schools in St Helens have upgraded from Centrex to Cloud VoIP during the past 3 years, and some schools have NEC platform installed due to large volume of handsets
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to planning
11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT - Official notice release published
11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT - Buyer information updated
11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT - Procedure published
11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT - engagement
28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduledThe Soft Market exercise has been published on The Chest portal, reference number DN797029. All expressions of interest are to be submitted by The Chest Portal by the engagement deadline. All clarification questions are to be via the messaging facility on The Chest portal.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
St Helens Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PPYM-6238-VHLRDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 11 Nov 2025, 09:55 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |