Official UK procurement notice
Unified Communications and Mobile Services - Revised
Authority: The Education Training Collective (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a revised version of the tender ETCP-2026-0038.
Following evaluation of the tender responses, it has become apparent that the original Teams Telephony specification requires significant revision to ensure that the proposed solution meets the College’s operational and user requirements.
The original specification identified 350 direct dial users and was primarily focused on users requiring dedicated telephony functionality. Further consideration during the evaluation process has identified a requirement to extend Teams telephony functionality to a wider user base, with approximately 700 users requiring access to telephony functionality.
Due to this change and increased scope we felt the appropriate action was to terminate the previous tender and launch a revised version, this tender is the revised version.
CPV: Telecommunications services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£210,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Aug 2026, 09:48 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 18:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
ETCP-2026-0038-Revised- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079292- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e832Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Aug 2026 → 15 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published63 days ago20 Aug 2026, 09:48 BST
- Clarification questions by48 days ago4 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline38 days ago14 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by23 days ago28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 days ago6 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published15 days ago6 Oct 2026, 18:31 BST
- Standstill ends6 days ago15 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2026- Tender notice published20 Aug 2026, 09:48 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published6 Oct 2026, 18:31 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete6 Oct 2026, 18:31 BST
- Contract signature expected19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess ICT LimitedSupply of Unified Communications and Mobile Services1 Nov 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: 2 x 12 months | £256,379 inc. VAT | 6 Oct 2026standstill to 15 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13final-stage tenders · 15 at stage one | 8 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Chess ICTAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender