Telecom Contracts and Tenders

Telecom contracts cover mobile and fixed-line services, telecommunications networks, connectivity upgrades, and the equipment and maintenance work that keeps them running. A dedicated telecommunications network code and a general telecommunications services code are the two most common headings.

Stotles brings together telecoms tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Much telecoms work is called off from Crown Commercial Service network and mobile frameworks, so many opportunities reach only suppliers already on them.

Telecoms tenders are scored on coverage and network performance, service levels, security, migration plans and price over the contract term. Most public buyers call off from national frameworks, so a framework place is usually the first step.

Providers of public electronic communications networks and services must meet the general conditions set by Ofcom, and buyers check network security arrangements. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Framework call-offs are common. Notices include call-offs under YPO's Network Connectivity and Telecommunication Solutions framework and G-Cloud agreements for hosted telephony and Microsoft Teams direct routing, alongside standalone tenders for network builds and mobile SIM contracts.

Both. Telecom notices include council-level deals such as mobile telephony and network cabling contracts, alongside national programmes like the Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy for regional broadband and Network Rail's telecoms and data-transmission projects. No single buyer type dominates.

Read network and mobile contract expiry dates, digital and connectivity strategies and preliminary market engagement notices, which show telecoms work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Telecom notices carry 32412100 (Telecommunications network), 64200000 (Telecommunications services), 64227000 (Integrated telecommunications services) and 50330000 (Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment).