Digital Place - Call-off from GCloud14 (RM1557.13)

Oxfordshire County Council
South East
Selective procedure
1 August 2025 to 31 July 2028

Development of business cases, market failure analysis, and delivery mechanisms to improve mobile and 5G coverage. The project focuses on identifying connectivity gaps and designing scalable funding and deployment strategies to resolve market failures, initially targeting Oxfordshire with the capability for rapid national expansion.

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Awarded value: £3m; As published
Published: 9 December 2025
Awarded: 31 July 2025; Spirit Public Sector Ltd
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 31 July 2028

What the contract covers

IT consultancy/service contract

Provision of digital consultancy and strategic advisory services to support the deployment of mobile network infrastructure and connectivity solutions.

Develop a business case to secure public funding to address poor mobile coverage market failure
Establish where mobile-coverage market failure exists, why it exists, how it can be resolved, and the associated costs and benefits
Develop one or more delivery mechanisms to deploy public funding to resolve the market failure efficiently and competitively
Provide a solution addressing poor mobile coverage in Oxfordshire and the surrounding region that is capable of growing rapidly to drive benefits across the UK

Terms and requirements

Contract type: IT consultancy/service contract
Procedure: Selective procedure
Initial term: 36 months
Contract dates: 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 72000000

Services in this contract

Network and connectivity consultancyMain service£85k typicalMobile coverage market-failure analysis, business case and delivery mechanisms

Lifecycle

Published
9 December 2025
Contract awardedto Spirit Public Sector Ltd
31 July 2025
Contract starts
1 August 2025
Contract ends
31 July 2028

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Oxfordshire County Council

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Spirit Public Sector Ltd

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/17260/digital-place-call-off-from-gcloud14-rm1557-13
Buyer reference: OXFS001-DN797163-96153616
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-0db1ae85-8325-4a21-a41b-bc96f4eff9ae
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Oxfordshire County Council. Digital Place - Call-off from GCloud14 (RM1557.13). Contract award, 9 December 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/17260/digital-place-call-off-from-gcloud14-rm1557-13 (accessed 5 November 2026).