I want to make a Freedom of Information request, could you please send me the following information with regards to the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract.
You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following information:
If there is more than one provider, please split all the information including the annual average spend, number of connections, duration, contract dates and internal contact details.
1. Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name e.g., EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three
2. Annual Average Spend for each Network Provider - If this is a new contract, can you please provide the estimated annual spend.
3. Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider. (Number of voices only devices, voice and data devices, data only devices) please provide me with the breakdown and not the overall total.
4. Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider.
5. Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. (if there are multiple start dates, could you please provide me with the earliest date for each provider)
6. Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date. I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling, please state.
7. Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date when the organisation plans to review this contract.
8. The person in the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full contact details cannot be provided, please send me their actual job title.
9.If the mobile phone contract is provided by a managed contract, please provide me with the actual name of the network provider along with the number of connections and the internal contact from within the organisation responsible for this contract.
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.
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 contract status?
If this contract was awarded within the past three months, can you please provide me with a shortlist of suppliers that bid on the contract?
Thank you for your request dated 11th October 2023.
1. Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name e.g., EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three
• Vodafone
• EE
2. Annual Average Spend for each Network Provider - If this is a new contract, can you please provide the estimated annual spend.
• Vodafone – Circa £65,000
• EE – Circa £57,000
3. Number of Connections- Number of connections for each network provider. (Number of voices only devices, voice and data devices, data only devices) please provide me with the breakdown and not the overall total.
EE - Voice and Data 26
Vodafone - Voice and Data plus Data only 538
4. Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider.
Vodafone – Initially 2 years, now on rolling contract.
EE – All connections on rolling contracts.
5. Contract Start Date- please can you provide me with the start date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. (if there are multiple start dates, could you please provide me with the earliest date for each provider)
Vodafone – commenced July 2018
EE – Information not available due to contracts initiating with predecessor/legacy organisations.
6. Contract Expiry Date- please can you provide me with the expiry date of the signed agreement. Please do not provide me with the framework contract date. I require the contract dates of the signed agreement. If the contract is rolling, please state.
Vodafone: Rolling contract
EE – Rolling contracts
7. Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date when the organisation plans to review this contract.
Vodafone – currently on a rolling contract. Currently reviewing arrangements going forward for implementation 2024 financial year.
EE – currently on rolling contract. Currently reviewing arrangements going forward for implementation 2024 financial year.
8. The person in the organisation responsible for this particular contract. Can you send me the full contact details Contact Name, Job Title, Contact Number and direct email address for each network provider? If full contact details cannot be provided, please send me their actual job title.
Head of Estates and Health & Safety
9.If the mobile phone contract is provided by a managed contract, please provide me with the actual name of the network provider along with the number of connections and the internal contact from within the organisation responsible for this contract.
Mobile phone contracts are not managed contracts
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.
Latest information has been provided.
Public Health Wales is not currently involved in a tendering exercise.
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 contract status?
Public Health Wales is currently exploring options for participating in a new contractual arrangement through a Crown Commercial award made to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership.
If this contract was awarded within the past three months, can you please provide me with a shortlist of suppliers that bid on the contract?
Not applicable.
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