It is a requirement for Herefordshire Council to have mobile voice and data service provisions to allow personnel to carry out their daily duties. Failure to provide this functionality will have an impact on service delivery which would affect the residents of Herefordshire. Mobile phone use is also important when lone working and being contactable particularly in the areas of social care.

The implementation of a new mobile voice and data provision contract will take approximately 2 months hence the requirement to extend the current 30 day rolling contract to ensure services are continually being delivered without disruption while the implementation of the new contract is completed.

A procurement exercise was undertaken through CCS Framework RM3808 Lot 10 where an assessment of all catalogue items was done in line with the rules and conditions associated with this framework.

On completion of this assessment, only one catalogue item was identified as being able to meet the requirements of the specification to provide mobile voice and data provisions. This was the company ‘EE’. The table below shows the evaluation summary of this tender process:

Rank Supplier Total Contract Price
(36 months)
1 EE £380,322

Following the award criteria, ‘EE’ have been identified as providing the most economically advantageous tender and are recommended for award.