Contract Timeline

Publication Date

29th April 2024 13:30:45 PM

Tender Deadline

3rd June 2024 14:00:00 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

Further to a Prior Information Notice (PIN) ref: 2023/S 000-027712 issued on 20 September 2023, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Authority) is undertaking this procurement to appoint a suitably capable and experienced provider of an MCX Dispatcher and related services for the Emergency Services Network (ESN). The ESN will replace Airwave in the future as the main critical communications system for first responders (Police, Fire and Rescue and Ambulance services) across Great Britain. The information previously shared as part of the market engagement activity will be superseded by the procurement and contract documentation is now available in connection with this contract notice. Only the information shared pursuant to this contract notice should be relied upon by suppliers deciding whether to request to participate in this procurement. This opportunity is to establish a contract for provision of an MCX Dispatcher solution for the ESN and will be operated in line with the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations). The Authority are seeking to procure a standalone, MCX Dispatcher product which allows a desk-based operator the ability to access and utilise the supervisory and control elements of the MCX services and capabilities of the Emergency Services Network via a graphical user interface. The proposed solution will initially be used as a test tool by the ESMCP programme and is then intended to be deployed to most of the 200 existing emergency service control rooms (in limited numbers per control room) during the transition from Airwave to ESN. In addition, a number of the ‘non-emergency services ESN users’ have contributed to the consolidated requirements and will look at the feasibility of this product to provide their control room solution when migrating to the ESN.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-04022a

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

Selective

Procurement Method Details

Competitive Procedure With Negotiation

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

72212510

CPV Division(s)

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Awarding Authority

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP, EMERGENCY SERVICES MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME (ESMCP

Buyer Name

ESMCP Commercial

Buyer Email

esmcpsupplier@homeoffice.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Clive House, 70 Petty France

London

SW1H 9EX

United Kingdom

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

20th September 2023 08:21:50 AM

Contract Summary

The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) within the Home Office wishes to undertake research on the current market for an MCX Standalone Dispatcher capable of operating on the Emergency Services Network (ESN). This would include the following categories of requirement • Supply of an MCX Standalone Dispatcher and related Services • Deployment • Technical Delivery and Validation. • Additional Specialist Services This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market that the ESMCP plans to host supplier events and market sounding meetings to further develop its understanding of the current market. As such, ESMCP will be publishing a Request for Information in late September 2023 to enable suppliers to respond and participate in discussions in relation to their existing and potential solutions for the above categories. The outcome will inform ESMCP decisions on future strategy and any new procurement activities. Any such decisions will be made solely at the Authority’s discretion. An online supplier briefing is planned to take place in early October 2023. Participants will be asked to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and potentially an Ethical Walls Agreement (EWA) to gain access to the RFI and briefing session. To register interest, please e-mail ESMCPSupplier@homeoffice.gov.uk providing the relevant contact details in your organisation and requesting a copy of the NDA/ EWA agreement. This PIN does not bind the Authority in any way to commence a procurement exercise for the requirements. We may discontinue this market engagement exercise at any time.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-04022a

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Planning

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

72212510

CPV Division(s)

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Awarding Authority

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

ESMCPsupplier@homeoffice.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP), Clive House, 70 Petty France

London

SW1H 9EX

United Kingdom