{"id":529,"date":"2018-06-12T10:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=529"},"modified":"2018-06-25T10:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:08:58","slug":"opportunity-for-telephony-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/06\/12\/opportunity-for-telephony-suppliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity for telephony suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the process of creating a Telephony Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) and there is no limit to the number of suppliers that can join. The OJEU <a href=\"http:\/\/ted.europa.eu\/TED\/notice\/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:216209-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML\">Contract Notice<\/a> was published on 19 May and will initially close at 12:00pm on 19 June 2018. However, if you miss this deadline, you can still join at any time during the life of the DPS.<\/p>\n<h2>Are you a telephony supplier?<\/h2>\n<p>This is a great opportunity and we strongly encourage you to join &#8211; we have even created a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/Telecoms\/TelephonyServicesDynamicPurchasingSystem\/TelephonyServicesDPSsuppliersguide\">suppliers guide<\/a> to explain how. It\u2019s so easy to apply via our Public Contracts Scotland Tender portal (PCS-T). Don\u2019t worry if you\u2019re not on PCS-T already, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk\/esop\/pts-host\/public\/pts\/web\/login.html\">register online<\/a> quickly and easily.<\/p>\n<p>The Telephony Services DPS is amongst the first of its kind for Scottish Procurement and is a collaborative system available for all Scottish public sector bodies to use. The scope of the DPS is to provide a wide range of telephony services and any supplier that can provide these services can apply to join. The DPS will be split in to three Lots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Traditional telephony<\/li>\n<li>Internet protocol (IP) telephony<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise bundled services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The DPS is expected to go live by the end of June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Further information is available on our website or contact <a href=\"mailto:david.box@gov.scot\">David Box<\/a> on 0141 242 0345.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an unlimited number of places for suppliers to join our upcoming Telephony Services DPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,54,28],"tags":[121,65,195,105],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dynamic-purchasing-system","category-ict","category-suppliers","tag-dps","tag-dynamic-purchasing-system","tag-pcs-t","tag-telephony-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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