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To provide VoIP Support and Maintenance to St Helens Schools

St Helens Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:21.

Opportunity overview

St Helens Council would like to take the opportunity to do a `soft market testing' to determine current interest levels in the market supporting schools in St Helens. Most of the schools in St Helens have upgraded from Centrex to Cloud VoIP during the past 3 years, and some schools have NEC platform installed due to large volume of handsets

Classification

  • CPV32000000 — Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN797029
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
32000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
Entry 2
Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
072643-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
11 Nov 2025, 09:55

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
28 Nov 2025, 23:59
Description
The Soft Market exercise has been published on The Chest portal, reference number DN797029. All expressions of interest are to be submitted by The Chest Portal by the engagement deadline. All clarification questions are to be via the messaging facility on The Chest portal.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PPYM-6238-VHLR
Name
St Helens Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD71
Country
GB
Locality
St Helens
Postal Code
WA10 1HP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PPYM-6238-VHLR
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · St Helens · UKD71 · WA10 1HP · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05de4f-2025-11-11T09:55:24ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·