Award

Provision of Internet Protocol (IP) Transmission Service

  • DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM)

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-042214

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-056447

Published 22 July 2025, 8:59pm



Scope

Reference

DAC-0192

Description

The Department operates an Urban Traffic Control System, including close circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

The provision of an IP transmission service for CCTV replaced a previous analogue system.

This contract will provide and maintain safety critical CCTV services for the Department and other users across Northern Ireland, until a new contract can be awarded and all circuits have been migrated to the new service.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £350,000 excluding VAT
  • £420,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

31 July 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 64220000 - Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services

Contract locations

  • UKN - Northern Ireland

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Single supplier - technical reasons

Section 41 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 provides justification of a Direct Award when the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

BT is the only supplier who can provide the IP transmission services for the Department's equipment at this time.


Supplier

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

  • Companies House: 01800000
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRYC-1538-TGMN

1 Braham Street

London

E1 8EE

United Kingdom

Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM)

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYQH-8789-DZPG

James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, The Gasworks Business Park

Belfast

BT7 2JA

United Kingdom

Region: UKN06 - Belfast

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Northern Ireland