Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc2-cbea-717b-8eca-27acc36b5308/skype-replacement awarded GB direct award procedure # Skype Replacement [Plymouth City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/plymouth-city-council) Estimated value Not stated Published 4 Sept 2025 Deadline Rolling deadline ## About this tender Skype for Business was retired by Microsoft in January 2024 with extended support in place until 14th October 2025. The Council needs the ability to use some form of telephony when Skype goes to end of life. Currently PCC have 2090 Microsoft E3 licences, which enables collaboration and calls between staff who have the E3 licence and where possible telephony will be facilitated using federated Teams calling with other Local Authorities, Central government and other federated partners. Some of the council functions will require staff to be able to call an external number of an organisation or an individual with whom the council is not federated, to facilitate this all staff will have an E5 licences applied to them, licencing them for external calling. Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-059477-2025-09-04T16:19:05+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-059477-2025-09-04T16:19:05+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Plymouth City Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/plymouth-city-council) ## More tenders like this [Gardening and Landscaping Contract · Wickersley Parish Council · 33 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14ee2-22ea-7053-bd7d-4e4c0fa22e9d/gardening-and-landscaping-contract) [Grounds Maintenance Contract · Wickersley Parish Council · 33 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14ee2-2318-7242-ab15-efa9489211de/grounds-maintenance-contract) [Included Outside Publication Faith in Nature · Natural England · 16 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14a29-a2ce-7073-851a-05dd5c86a64c/included-outside-publication-faith-in-nature) [Grounds maintenance · Cottenham Parish Council · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a149bb-c1bb-71de-9d4c-6f106e58cd55/grounds-maintenance) [RRE-01284 - For the provision of a Digitally Enabled Children & Young People’s Mental Health Service (South Staffordshire) · Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust · 16 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a146ba-bdbb-723e-91d9-73c07d7467ba/rre-01284-for-the-provision-of-a-digitally-enabled-children-young-peoples-m) [Vacuum Pump Tritium Testing · UK Atomic Energy Authority · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1464c-dd0c-72ed-b7bd-bac1e52155ab/vacuum-pump-tritium-testing)