Opportunity Overview
The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is inviting expressions of interest for an upcoming tender for the refresh of its Local Area Network (LAN) and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) replacement requirements.
As the fourth-largest Fire and Rescue Service in the UK, WYFRS serves over 2.2 million people across 800 square miles, providing emergency coverage 24 hours a day, every day of the year. WYFRS employees approx. 1500 staff.
At this time, the tender opportunity is expected to be issued approximately August/September 2026. The contract term is envisaged to last a minimum of 5 years, with options to extend for +1 + 1 year periods, bringing the total duration to a maximum of 7 years total.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue intends to issue this potential tender opportunity comprising two separate lots:
Lot 1 – LAN
Lot 2 – VoIP
The estimated costs for LAN requirements for the full contract term is expected to be between £550,000 and £650,000. The estimated costs for VOIP requirements for the full contract term is expected to be between £150,000 and £200,000.
The budgets are to include but not be limited to; Hardware, software, support, maintenance and training.
Lot 1 - VOIP
WYFRS have utilised an on premise Cisco based telephony platform since 2020. This system covers admin telephony across all sites and comprises two hypervisor UCS BE6000 servers, running one publisher and two subscribers nodes hosting a mix of different virtual servers that make up the total system. WYFRS are not looking to replace the system in its entirety as the core system works well but the underpinning hardware supporting it will soon be end of life and require replacement. WYFRS would like to maintain an on premise Cisco solution due the nature of our organisation and risk, no consideration for cloud based solutions will be undertaken.
In addition to the core telephony system listed above, there are several other adjacent systems that would require replacement, namely the...
As the fourth-largest Fire and Rescue Service in the UK, WYFRS serves over 2.2 million people across 800 square miles, providing emergency coverage 24 hours a day, every day of the year. WYFRS employees approx. 1500 staff.
At this time, the tender opportunity is expected to be issued approximately August/September 2026. The contract term is envisaged to last a minimum of 5 years, with options to extend for +1 + 1 year periods, bringing the total duration to a maximum of 7 years total.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue intends to issue this potential tender opportunity comprising two separate lots:
Lot 1 – LAN
Lot 2 – VoIP
The estimated costs for LAN requirements for the full contract term is expected to be between £550,000 and £650,000. The estimated costs for VOIP requirements for the full contract term is expected to be between £150,000 and £200,000.
The budgets are to include but not be limited to; Hardware, software, support, maintenance and training.
Lot 1 - VOIP
WYFRS have utilised an on premise Cisco based telephony platform since 2020. This system covers admin telephony across all sites and comprises two hypervisor UCS BE6000 servers, running one publisher and two subscribers nodes hosting a mix of different virtual servers that make up the total system. WYFRS are not looking to replace the system in its entirety as the core system works well but the underpinning hardware supporting it will soon be end of life and require replacement. WYFRS would like to maintain an on premise Cisco solution due the nature of our organisation and risk, no consideration for cloud based solutions will be undertaken.
In addition to the core telephony system listed above, there are several other adjacent systems that would require replacement, namely the...
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| Issuing agency | West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Category | Government Procurement |
| Published | June 26, 2026 |
| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
| Response due | Not specified / rolling |
| Status | Open — accepting responses |
| Official source | View original notice |
| Last verified | August 09, 2026 |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: UK Government (Find a Tender).
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