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The Education Training Collective

Unified Communications and Mobile Services - 2026

Telecoms & PostCPV 64200000
Value£210k
Deadline3 Aug 2026
Published7 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 7 Jul 20269 days leftCloses 3 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Phillip Iverson
phillip.iverson@the-etc.ac.uk
01642865426

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£210ktotal contract value
median £200k
this tender£0£7.9m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Postal & Telecommunications band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 2,074 valued Postal & Telecommunications tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Etc. is seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide a modern, resilient and fully managed Unified Communications and Mobile Service comprising Microsoft Teams Telephony and Business Mobile Services.

The successful supplier will be responsible for implementing a cloud-based telephony solution using Microsoft Teams, migrating services from the existing analogue platform, supplying and supporting business mobile services, and providing ongoing support, account management and strategic advice throughout the contract term.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Etc. is seeking to appoint a single

Etc. is seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide a modern, resilient and fully managed Unified Communications and Mobile Service comprising Microsoft Teams Telephony and Business Mobile Services.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c54e
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
063697-2026
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