Publication - FOI/EIR release

The Scottish Government's mobile phones contract information: FOI release

Published: 6 February 2019
Directorate: Digital Directorate
Topic: Public sector

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

FOI reference: FOI/19/00008
Date received: 3 January 2019
Date responded: 29 January 2019

Information requested

“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:

1. Network Provider(s) - Please provide me with the network provider name e.g. EE, Telefonica, Vodafone, Three

2. Annual Average Spend- Can you please provide me with the average annual spend over the 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 voice only devices, voice and data devices, data only devices)

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. Please can you send me the number of mobile Handsets?

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 current status?

13. 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?”

Response

This response covers the mobile telephony services provided by the central IT Division for the core Scottish Government and the following bodies:

Accountancy in Bankruptcy; Scottish Human Rights Commission; Disclosure Scotland; Scottish Public Pensions Agency; Care Inspectorate Agency; Scottish Agriculture Science Agency; and Transport Scotland

REQUEST 1:

Vodafone and EE

REQUEST 2:

Table 1 below provides the costs for the core Scottish Government and for those bodies who utilise the contracts and VAT at 20%.

Table 1

Supplier	Usage and Standing Charges & Hardware Costs
Vodafone	£826,961
EE	£472,578

REQUEST 3:

Table 2 below provides the numbers for the core Scottish Government and for those bodies who utilise the contracts.

Table 2:

Supplier

Voice only Connections

Voice & Data

Connections

Data only

Connections

Vodafone

249

4,882

1,743

203

REQUESTS 4, 5, 6, 7:

Table 3:

Supplier	Contract Duration	Start Date	End Date	Extensions Available	Review Date
Vodafone	4 Years	19/01/2016	18/01/2020	None	Not yet set

EE connections have specific/individual contract end dates and are currently being migrated to the Vodafone contract.

REQUEST 8:

5,376 mobile handsets

REQUEST 9:

[Redacted]

Senior Portfolio Specialist

Scottish Procurement and Commercial Directorate

Atlantic Quay

150 Broomielaw

Glasgow

Tel: 0141 242 [Redacted]

[Redacted]@gov.scot

REQUESTS 10, 11, 12, 13:

Not applicable

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at http://www.gov.scot/foi-responses

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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