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Published 7 Jan 2026, 09:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

002968 ISP Upgrade · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: North East (UKC14)
Awarded value£534,807published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 5 Jan 2026no call for competition
Awarded to BT GROUP PLC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East
45314000 Installation of telecommunications equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Jan 2026, 09:30 GMT
Last source update
7 Jan 2026, 09:30 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000904
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060093 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    7 Jan 2026, 09:30 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £534,8071 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Jan 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BT GROUP PLC£534,807 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • 002968 ISP Upgrade · BT GROUP PLC

    Signed
    5 Jan 2026
    Value
    £534,807
    Period
    1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2031
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Durham County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMPB-8772-VYWM Corten House, Dunholme Close, Durham, North East, DH1 5WBContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • BT GROUP PLCAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04190816GB-PPON: PHNX-3475-DCLH 1 Braham Street, London, London, E1 8EEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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