Mobile Telephony Connections

{
  "awards": [
    {
      "aboveThreshold": true,
      "contractPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2028-08-31T23:59:59+01:00",
        "startDate": "2026-03-01T00:00:00Z"
      },
      "documents": [
        {
          "datePublished": "2026-01-27T14:46:22Z",
          "description": "Transparency notice on Find a Tender",
          "documentType": "awardNotice",
          "format": "text/html",
          "id": "007164-2026",
          "noticeType": "UK5",
          "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007164-2026"
        }
      ],
      "hasOptions": true,
      "id": "1",
      "items": [
        {
          "additionalClassifications": [
            {
              "description": "Mobile-telephone services",
              "id": "64212000",
              "scheme": "CPV"
            }
          ],
          "deliveryAddresses": [
            {
              "country": "GB",
              "countryName": "United Kingdom",
              "region": "UK"
            }
          ],
          "id": "1",
          "relatedLot": "1"
        }
      ],
      "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
      "milestones": [
        {
          "dueDate": "2026-02-13T23:59:59Z",
          "id": "1",
          "status": "scheduled",
          "type": "futureSignatureDate"
        }
      ],
      "options": {
        "description": "Additional sims/tariffs can be added to the co-terminus contract, no amount of additional sims has been agreed/forecasted."
      },
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "status": "pending",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-COH-NI624500",
          "name": "BARCLAY DIGITAL SERVICES LTD"
        }
      ],
      "value": {
        "amountGross": 850815,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-COH-RS008288",
    "name": "PLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED"
  },
  "date": "2026-01-27T14:46:22Z",
  "id": "007164-2026",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-060fd4",
  "parties": [
    {
      "additionalIdentifiers": [
        {
          "id": "PTHH-6479-BPPR",
          "scheme": "GB-PPON"
        }
      ],
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Solihull",
        "postalCode": "B377YD",
        "region": "UKG32",
        "streetAddress": "1700 Solihull Parkway"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurementnotices@platformhg.com"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government",
            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE"
          }
        ]
      },
      "id": "GB-COH-RS008288",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "RS008288",
        "scheme": "GB-COH"
      },
      "name": "PLATFORM HOUSING LIMITED",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "additionalIdentifiers": [
        {
          "id": "PQMM-5474-MYNQ",
          "scheme": "GB-PPON"
        }
      ],
      "address": {
        "country": "GB",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Belfast",
        "postalCode": "BT7 1DT",
        "region": "UKN06",
        "streetAddress": "Grove House, 145-149 Donegall Pass"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "info@barclaycomms.com"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "sme",
        "url": "http://www.barclaycomms.com",
        "vcse": false
      },
      "id": "GB-COH-NI624500",
      "identifier": {
        "id": "NI624500",
        "scheme": "GB-COH"
      },
      "name": "BARCLAY DIGITAL SERVICES LTD",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "description": "Provision of 2,395 mobile SIM tariffs (a mix of digital/eSIM and physical SIMs) for employee mobile devices. The requirement covers a range of data allowances, from 6GB to unlimited data, and may involve multiple mobile network operators to meet coverage and performance needs.\nThe requirement is for 1 contract to cover all sim requirements that will operate under a 30-month co-terminus agreement, enabling all connections to align to a single end date for simplified contract management, including if any additional sims are required during the contract.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
        "id": "conflictOfInterest"
      }
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-060fd4",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
    },
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      {
        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    ],
    "procurementMethod": "direct",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "The organisation currently has multiple mobile tariffs in place with the incumbent supplier, each with varying contract end dates ranging from December 2025 through to 2028.\nTo ensure continuity of service and avoid fragmentation of mobile provision, a direct award to the incumbent supplier is proposed for a 30-month co-terminus contract. This approach will align all existing tariffs under a single contractual end date and enable any additional SIMs required during the contract term to be added on the same co-terminus basis.",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "id": "additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement"
      },
      {
        "id": "userChoice"
      }
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Mobile Telephony Connections"
  }
}