Network Provider(s) for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service - Find a freedom of information request

Request

This Request is for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

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 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.

10.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.

11.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?

12.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?

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Vodafone

2. Estimated annual spend is £17,436

3.

Data SIM - MDT 74

Data SIM - Redkite 73

Data SIM - Surface Pro 25

Data SIM - MiFi Unit 42

Talk, Text & Data Enabled 136

Talk & Text 18

Talk & Text - Appliance 91

Talk & Text - Modem 4

MBK Solution - Satellite 1

Data Sim - MBK Solution 6

4. The mobile voice, text and data contract is for the whole of Lincolnshire County Council including the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue. Details of the contract are published on the Council’s Contract Register please see link below

https://procontract.duenorth.com/ContractsRegister/ViewContractDetails?contractId=b6aa223a-15d8-eb11-810c-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21

5-12. Please see the response to question 4

Reference number
FOI 7308053
Date request received
07/07/23
Date of decision
02/08/23