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# WP2248.1 & WP2248.2: SMS Provider(s) for GOV.UK Notify

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp2248-1-wp2248-2-sms-provider-s-for-gov-uk-notify-ocds-h6vhtk-04933b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cabinet Office: "WP2248.1 & WP2248.2: SMS Provider(s) for GOV.UK Notify". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Sept 2024, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cabinet Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cabinet-office-gov-d2)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 September 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Short Message Service (SMS) services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp2248-1-wp2248-2-sms-provider-s-for-gov-uk-notify-ocds-h6vhtk-04933b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04933b`

## 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/wp2248-1-wp2248-2-sms-provider-s-for-gov-uk-notify-ocds-h6vhtk-04933b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contractsfinder.service.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2Fc9afefb6-26b6-4102-b081-e226304b837f)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wp2248-1-wp2248-2-sms-provider-s-for-gov-uk-notify-ocds-h6vhtk-04933b#participate

## Description
GOV.UK Notify is a digital communications platform, developed and run by the Government Digital Service (GDS). Notify allows public sector service teams to send notifications (text message, email and post) to their users. 
The notifications are typically status updates, requests for action, MFA codes, receipts of applications or supporting information, and reminders. The messages are sent via an API or manually through a web interface.
Currently there are over 8,700 service teams using GOV.UK Notify, from over 1,500 public sector organisations across central and local government and the NHS. 
Notify sends an average of 3 million SMS fragments a day, regularly achieving peaks of 7 million.  
Many Notify services send messages that are longer than one fragment and the average message sent via Notify is 2 fragments long.  Notify SMS messages have a high average delivery rate of 95.7%.
Notify uses two concurrently integrated SMS suppliers to ensure a resilient service. Typically, traffic is shared between the two based on supplier performance (speed of processing) and load. Ultimately GDS reserves the right to allocate work between suppliers at its absolute discretion and there is no guarantee of volume as it's influenced by both government policy and how the services choose to use Notify.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 64212100
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** As per attached docs; https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9afefb6-26b6-4102-b081-e226304b837f

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028515-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-05T16:45:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:50:34.501Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04933b