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SIP Network Provider

Awarded United Kingdom Postal & telecommunications services

Buyer Lancashire County Council

€299,832 awarded value

Key facts

Awarded
decided 70 days after the deadline
Procedure
Restricted procedure Two steps: companies first ask to take part, and only those selected are invited to bid. Full entry
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This contract runs about 51 months, so it is back on the market around January 2031. Log in

Awarded to

Gamma Network Solutions Limited

Awarded value
€299,832
Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register
Back on the market
Jan 2031 How we know

Description

Provision of a resilient SIP network service for Lancashire County Council, including SIP trunk connectivity, telephone number hosting and porting, inbound and outbound call routing, business continuity, service management, monitoring and reporting. The service consolidates the Council's SIP provision and supports existing and future telephony requirements. This also includes the scope for other Lancashire based local authorities to utilise this agreement due to Local Government Reorganisation. Call-off via a further competition under the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) Network Services framework (RM6116), Lot 4a: Analogue Telephony. Call off term is for 2 years and 3 months with 3 x 12 month options to extend.

Timing

  1. Deadline
  2. Awarded decided in 70 days
  3. Published
  4. Contract ends January 2031

When this contract comes back

This contract runs about 51 months, so it is back on the market around January 2031.

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After the award

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A debrief request in the buyer's language (English). Fill in the parts in square brackets and send it to the contact named in your award letter.

To: Lancashire County Council

Subject: Request for the reasons for the award decision. SIP Network Provider ([Reference number])

Dear Sir or Madam,

We submitted a tender in the procedure named above and have been informed that the contract was awarded to another tenderer.

So that we can understand the decision, we kindly ask you to send us:

1. the reasons why our tender was not selected;
2. the name of the successful tenderer, and the characteristics and relative advantages of its tender;
3. the scores that our tender and the successful tender received on each award criterion, with the reasons for each score;
4. the date on which the standstill period ends, if one applies.

Please confirm that you have received this request.

Yours faithfully,

[Name and position]
[Company]
[Address]
[Email and telephone]
[Place and date]

This is not legal advice. The periods run from the date the decision was sent to you, which may differ from the date shown here. Check your award letter and national law, or ask a lawyer, before you rely on any date.

Official source

Source: Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office)

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Last verified against Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office) 2 days ago

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Market

Postal & telecommunications services in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€256,859
More figures

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 80 awards for Postal & telecommunications services in United Kingdom.

This award
€299,832
Median award
€256,859
Middle half of past awards
€78,408 to €752,140

The award sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

open now in Postal & telecommunications services
763
median open notice
€443,616

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Postal & telecommunications services

different companies won awards here
64
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
23%
buyers awarded contracts here
95

Based on 115 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Lancashire County Council

notices in the register
68
awards
46
awarded in total
€46.3M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
33
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
26%
of its calls state an estimated value
97%

Based on 42 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Lancashire County Council

United Kingdom

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