Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- British Telecommunications PLC
- Value
- £92,955
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Telecommunications-infrastructure maintenance services (CPV 50332000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 036486-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2026
- Published22 Apr 2026Published 22 days after the contract date
Description
Purchase of Services IP Connect UK (MPLS data connectivity), Managed Network Services and BT One Voice SIP Trunk UK (telephony / PSTN replacement). The technology underpinning the landline network, the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), is being switched off by the telecommunications industry by January 2027. Landlines (and other devices reliant on the PSTN) will require upgrading to new digital technologies.
About the supplier
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00180000).