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002968 ISP Upgrade

Durham County Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 08:36.

Opportunity overview

Upgrading one of the councils main Internet Service Providers circuit to cope with enhanced capacity with enhanced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection. This contract is being awarded as a Direct Award following extension market research which determined that BT are currently the only provider able to deliver a guaranteed 20 Gbps ISP transit service over a 100 Gbps bearer in the North East of England.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

BT GROUP PLC

Matched by number
Contract value
£534.8k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
5 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£641.8k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 04190816
Location
London, UKI42, E1 8EE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

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
ocds-h6vhtk-060093
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Durham County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMPB-8772-VYWM

Address

Street Address
Corten House, Dunholme Close
Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 5WB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC14

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
BT GROUP PLC
Id
GB-COH-04190816

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
04190816

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHNX-3475-DCLH

Address

Street Address
1 Braham Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
E1 8EE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
works

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45314000
Description
Installation of telecommunications equipment

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-04190816
Name
BT GROUP PLC

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
002968 ISP Upgrade
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
5 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Feb 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jan 2031, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
641,768.46
Amount
534,807.05
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
000904-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Jan 2026, 09:30
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Durham · UKC14 · DH1 5WB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 000904-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·