Awarded contract

Mobile Voice and Data Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Vodafone Ltd
Topic
Mobile-telephone services
Published
3 March 2025

Tender description

A new provider of mobile voice and data services is required as the current agreement has expired.Pre-market engagement has been carried out with the major network suppliers who indicated that many customers were opting for shared data plans in order to reduce overall costs, improve service flexibility and reduce administrative and billing overheads associated with each device having its own contract start date and data allowance.The procurement route was to undertake a mini-competition under Lot 1 of the CCS RM6261 framework.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date15 January 2025
  2. Completed: Award published3 March 2025
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About the buyer

Cardiff University is a higher education buyer based in the Welsh capital, and it advertises larger contract opportunities through the Sell2Wales portal. Current tender notices for the University are also published on InTend and the Tenders Electronic Daily service. Suppliers working with the University must hold a valid purchase order in place before any goods are delivered or any work begins. Purchase card payment covers smaller transactions instead of a formal purchase order. Every procurement at the University is run for value for money alongside environmental, social and governance impact across the whole life of the contract.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Cardiff University's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 64212000 · Mobile-telephone services

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