Buyer	DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS — not a council we hold
Supplier	BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC

The UK public telephone network is moving from an Analogue service to an Internet Protocol (IP) based service and network operators will cease all analogue provisions across the UK by December 2025. The business needs services underpinned by PSTN to continue to function until the services are either ceased or moved to digital alternatives and are crucial for services across many customer groups at various levels of importance. Therefore, a new Direct Award is needed to safeguard these services and to guarantee ongoing Service Operations until they are eventually phased out.

Runs	8 Jan 2025 to 7 Jan 2026
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-6483aee4-b0b2-40ba-a845-8c7615eea9f0
Notice	Read it on Contracts Finder

Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.