Education Scotland's mobile phone contracts: FOI release

Information requested

Information regarding the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract.

Response

Network provider	Vodafone
Annual Average spend	£10,000
Number of connections	320
Duration of Contract	3 years + optional 1 year extension
Contract start date	15 April 2023
Contract expiry date	14 April 2026
Contract review date	January 2026
Person responsible for contract	Contact details for Education Scotland procurement are: EDS Procurement
	Contract opportunities are published at: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/register/register_start.aspx
Managed contract	As an agency of the Scottish Government, Education Scotland uses Scottish Government frameworks where possible. For this contract Education Scotland ‘called off’ from the Mobile voice and data services framework. Please see the link below for details of the Scottish Government frameworks. Scottish Government frameworks and contracts - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Please can you provide me with the latest information - If the organisations are currently out to tender please can you also state the approx. date of the award along with the information above.

• The contract is not currently out to tender and was awarded to Vodafone as per the details above.

Also if the contract in the response has expired/rolling please can you provide me with further information if available of the organisation's plans going forward with regards to mobiles and the current status?

• The contract has not expired and was awarded to Vodafone on 13 April 2023.

If this contract was awarded within the past three months can you please provide me with further information if available of the organisation’s plans going forward with regards to mobiles and the current status.

• The contract was not awarded within the past three months.

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