Published date: 9 December 2025

Last edited date: 9 December 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 July 2025, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

OXFS001-DN797163-96153616

Published date

9 December 2025

Closing date

18 July 2025

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 August 2025

Contract end date

31 July 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Around 14% of England does not have good outdoor mobile coverage and up to 27% of premises do not have good indoor coverage, according to the most recent OFCOM Connected Nations report. The situation for adequate capacity is likely to be poorer still, with ad-hoc reports suggesting the figure may be worse.\r
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5G coverage has been increasing and OFCOM has reported population coverage of 67-78%, but this coverage is mainly in large conurbations. Only 22% of the UK 81,000 mobile sites have 5G equipment installed, and many of these do not use the spectrum that delivers high capacity.\r
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These areas of poor coverage are widely spread, in small pockets.\r
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It is not enough simply to know where there is a problem. Addressing poor mobile coverage requires three components:\r
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1> A business case to secure public funding to address the market failure\r
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2> A clear understanding of where market failure exists, why it exists, how it can be re-solved and what costs and benefits are associated with resolution\r
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3>One or more delivery mechanisms to deploy public funding to resolve the market failure efficiently and competitively\r
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The solution proposed by this Call-Off must address the poor mobile coverage in Oxfordshire and the surrounding region. It must be capable of growing rapidly to drive benefits across the UK

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Digital Place - Call-off from GCloud14 (RM1557.13)

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 9 December 2025

About the buyer

Contact name

Martin Hall

Address

Oxfordshire County Council
3rd Floor County Hall
Oxford
OX1 1ND
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7889164706

Email

martin.hall@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk