FoI Number
2022-642
Subject
Mobile Phone Contracts
Date Received
16/01/2023
Request and Response

I want to make a Freedom of Information request, could you please send me the following information with regards to the organisation’s Mobile Phones contract.

You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following information:

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

Vodafone

EE

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.

Vodafone £35000 generally stayed the same over last 3 years

EE £15,000 generally stayed the same over last 3 years

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.

Vodafone180 all voice and limited data tariffs

EE 70 all voice and limited data tariffs

4. Duration of the contract- please state if the contract also includes contract extensions for each provider.

Vodafone Individual contracts for each connection – min 2 years

EE            

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)

Vodafone 2007 Rolling contract

EE 2016   Rolling contract

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.

Rolling contracts

7. Contract Review Date- Please can you provide me with a date when the organisation plans to review this contract.

See response to Q6

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.

Craig Chapman, Head of Information and Digital Technology, craig.chapman@nhs.scot

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

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.

No current plans

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?

No current plans

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?

N/A