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Communications Solution and Telephony Services

Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services

Estimated Value

Up to £100,000,000

Deadline

17 August 2026

Published

22 July 2026

Type

Not specified

South EastGBopen

Overview

This Framework will provide a compliant and efficient route for UK public sector organisations to procure communications and telephony-related goods, services, and solutions. The Framework enables the public sector to modernise communication systems, supporting the transition from legacy telephony infrastructures (such as PSTN and ISDN) to secure, digital, and cloud-based technologies.

It is designed to deliver interoperability, resilience, and value for money across public sector estates. The Framework is structured into five Lots designed to reflect real operational needs and encourage participation from organisations of all sizes including SMEs, VCSEs, and consortia.

Bidders will be expected to be able to provide all services listed within each Lot, this could either be directly or via sub contractors/partners. Bidders can bid for any amount of Lots and do not have to provide all five Lots.

Contact & helpdesk

Provides omnichannel contact centre platforms including voice, chat, email, social, IVR, routing, analytics, workforce management, and quality monitoring.

Additional details

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-Mallin... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/D9F36UG24Q Covers cloud and hybrid telephony platforms, VoIP, SIP trunking, PBX replacement, softphones, and integrated UC services (voice, video, messaging).

Includes migration, configuration, licensing, optional managed service and AI-enabled communications capabilities such as intelligent call routing, virtual assistants, speech analytics, transcription, meeting insights, and workflow automation. Supports cloud CCaaS, hybrid, on premise upgrades and AI and automation technologies such as chatbots, virtual agents, conversational AI, speech and sentiment analytics, predictive routing, agent assist, knowledge management, and automated customer journeys.

Includes mobile voice/data contracts, SIMs, device management, fixed line voice services, PSTN/ISDN replacement, tariffs, roaming controls, and managed mobility services. Covers broadband, leased lines, WAN/LAN, SD WAN, Wi Fi, and associated network hardware (routers, switches, firewalls).

Includes installation, monitoring, and managed network services. Encompasses installation, configuration, monitoring, break/fix, managed services, telecoms audits, strategy development, optimisation reviews, and compliance assessments.

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    DWF Law LLP

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    £500m

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    Forbes Solicitors LLP

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    Freeths LLP

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    Geldards LLP

    1 contract wonlatest 27 Jul 2026ends 7 Aug 2030CH OC313172

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  5. 5

    Sharpe Pritchard LLP

    1 contract wonlatest 27 Jul 2026ends 7 Aug 2030CH OC378650

    £500m

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Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services
Typepublic body
RegionUKJ46
Total tenders15
Total spend£2,630,000,000
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Key Dates

Published

22 July 2026

Submission deadline

17 August 2026

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