Telephony and Communication Services Dynamic Purchasing System
Scottish Government
- Estimated value
- £48,000,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- Scotland
- Buyer in Scotland
- Trade
- IT, software and digital
- Telecommunications services
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- Time to bid
- 356 full UK working days before the closing day, Mon 27 Mar 2028 (Scotland bank holidays left out).
- Value
- £48m is above the median (£1.08m) of the 130 open IT and digital tenders that state a value.
- This buyer
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- Lots
- Divided into 2 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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The Authority is further extending its collaborative Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Telephony and Communication Services for an additional 24 months until 27 March 2028. Lot 1 - Telephony and Communication Services Lot 2 - Enterprise Bundled Services
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 014683-2026
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Buyer’s region
- Scotland
- Where the work is
- Scotland
- Listed on Evendraft under
- Scotland
- Published
- 18 Feb 2026
- Tender deadline
- 27 Mar 2028, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £48,000,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- IT, software and digital
- CPV codes
- 64200000 Telecommunications services
- 32321200 Audio-visual equipment
- 32342100 Headphones
- 32342200 Earphones
- 32342440 Voice-mail system
- 32344100 Portable receivers for calling and paging
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- 32351000 Accessories for sound and video equipment
- 32400000 Networks
- 32410000 Local area network
- 32420000 Network equipment
- 32430000 Wide area network
- 32500000 Telecommunications equipment and supplies
- 32510000 Wireless telecommunications system
- 32520000 Telecommunications cable and equipment
- 32540000 Switchboards
- 32550000 Telephone equipment
- 45314200 Installation of telephone lines
- 48200000 Networking, Internet and intranet software package
- 48214000 Network operating system software package
- 48219100 Gateway software package
- 48219500 Switch or router software package
- 48219700 Communications server software package
- 48219800 Bridge software package
- 48314000 Voice recognition software package
- 48316000 Presentation software package
- 48500000 Communication and multimedia software package
- 48510000 Communication software package
- 48821000 Network servers
- 48900000 Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
- 50312300 Maintenance and repair of data network equipment
- 50330000 Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment
- 51300000 Installation services of communications equipment
- 51340000 Installation services of line telephony equipment
- 64213000 Shared-business telephone network services
- 64214000 Dedicated-business telephone network services
- 64214200 Telephone switchboard services
- 64214400 Communication land-line rental
- 64215000 IP telephone services
- 64216000 Electronic message and information services
- 64222000 Teleworking services
- 64223000 Paging services
- 64224000 Teleconferencing services
- 64226000 Telematics services
- 64227000 Integrated telecommunications services
- 71316000 Telecommunication consultancy services
- 72315000 Data network management and support services
- 72710000 Local area network services
- 72720000 Wide area network services
- 79510000 Telephone-answering services
- 79511000 Telephone operator services
- 79512000 Call centre
- 31712112 SIM cards
- 32250000 Mobile telephones
- 32252000 GSM telephones
- 32252100 Hands-free mobile telephones
- 32530000 Satellite-related communications equipment
- 64212000 Mobile-telephone services
- Procedure
- Restricted procedureTwo stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- 2 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
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- Documents
- On PCS-Tender (Jaggaer)
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