Mobile Phones

Friday, 20 July 2018
Reference
2018011027000182
Category
Request Date
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Response Date
Monday, January 29, 2018

Question

If there is more than one provider please split all the information including the annual average spend, number of users, duration, contract dates and internal contact details.
 
1.       Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name e.g. EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three
2.       Annual Average Spend- Can you please provide me with the average annual spend over the 3 years. If this is a new contract can you please provide the estimated annual spend.
3.       Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider.
4.       Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider.
5.       Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement.
6.       Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling please state.
7.       Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date on when the organisation plans to review this contract.
8.       The person within the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full contact details cannot be provided please send me their actual job title.
 
If the mobile phone contract is provided by a managed contract please provide me with the actual name of the network provider along with the number of connections and the internal contact from within the organisation responsible for this contract.
 
Please can you provide me with the latest information- If the organisations are currently out to tender please can you also state the approx. date of the award along with the information above.
 
Also if the contract in the response has expired / rolling please can you provide me with further information if available of the organisation's plans going forward with regards to mobiles and the current status?
 
If this contract was awarded within the past three months can you please provide me with a shortlist of suppliers that bid on the contract?

Answer

1.       Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name e.g. EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three.  We use several providers on Lot 6 of the Crown Commercial Services Framework for Network Services – Vodafone Ltd, EE Limited and Telefonica UK Ltd

2.       Annual Average Spend- Can you please provide me with the average annual spend over the 3 years. If this is a new contract can you please provide the estimated annual spend.

Supplier:
 
Average Annual Spend :
 

O2 Uk Ltd
 
     1,064
 

Orange
 
     4,571
 

Vodafone Limited
 
    38,250
 

Grand Total
 
    43,885



3.       Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider.  Vodafone – 293, EE – 48, o2 - 1

4.       Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider.  4 years

5.       Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement.  Start Date: 27/07/2015

6.       Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling please state.  Start Date: 26/07/2019

7.       Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date on when the organisation plans to review this contract.  It is a rolling Crown Commercial Services framework that is put in place on behalf of the public sector which we will continue to use indefinitely unless council policy changes. There is scope for us to collaborate in a mini competition with Scottish Government through the CCS framework which we are considering at this time.

8.       The person within the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full contact details cannot be provided please send me their actual job title.  Malcolm Nicol, IT Manager, mnicol@cne-siar.gov.uk (Opens in a new window or downloads a file) tel 01851 822635