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Scottish Government

Telephony and Communication Services Dynamic Purchasing System

Business ServicesCPV 48510000
Value£30.0m
Deadline27 Mar 2026
Published11 Dec 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 11 Dec 2024ClosedCloses 27 Mar 2026
Who to contact
lisa.pittman@gov.scot
+44 1412425628

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Contract value in context
£30.0mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£32.4m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Authority is exercising its option to extend its collaborative Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Telephony And Communication Services for an additional 12 months until 27 March 2026.

The DPS comprises of two lots: Lot 1 - Telephony and Communication Services Lot 2 - Enterprise Bundled Services The DPS will remain open for new suppliers to apply to join.

Current suppliers on the DPS do not need to re-apply and will remain on the DPS.

Full details of the requirement can be found on a previous Contract Notice which was issued on 17 February 2022, details as follows: Reference No:FEB441070 OCID:ocds-r6ebe6-0000672959

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Current suppliers on the DPS do not

Current suppliers on the DPS do not need to re-apply and will remain on the DPS.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
Telephony and Communication Services Dynamic Purchasing System

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d30e
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
039829-2024
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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