ONS mobile phone contracts, May 2023

FOI ref: FOI-2023-1085

You asked

Please send me the following information with regards to the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract. 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 - Can you please provide me with the average annual spend over the last 3 years. 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?

We said

Thank you for your request. Please see the following answers to your queries.

1. Network Provider(s)

• Vodafone 

2. Annual Average Spend for each Network Provider  

• £176,256 estimated annual spend 

3. Number of Connections 

• 124 Voice Only Connections 

• 1900 Voice and Data Connections 

4. Duration of the contract 

• 2 Years (with option to extend for a further 1 year) 

5. Contract Start Date 

• 28 February 2023

6. Contract Expiry Date 

• 27 February 2025

7. Contract Review Date 

• September 2024 

8. The person in the organisation responsible for this particular contract. 

• The information requested is personal data and therefore exempt from release under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). We can be contacted via our enquiries team at sharedcustomercontactcentre@ons.gov.uk or by telephone on +44 345 601 3034. 

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. 

• N/A