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Joint Maritime Security Centre Mobile Maritime Domain Awareness Service

Home Office

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07 Apr 2025 at 16:56

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office has announced plans for the procurement of a Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) Mobile Maritime Domain Awareness Service, classified under information technology services. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase. To engage potential suppliers, the Home Office is hosting a virtual supplier engagement event on 9th May 2025 at 14:00. Interested suppliers are requested to express their interest by 22nd April 2025. The service aims to enhance maritime security by providing scalable, near real-time maritime domain awareness data to the Royal Navy through various technological means. The procurement method involves a further competition under the Crown Commercial Service Space Enabled and Geospatial Services RM6235 Dynamic Purchasing System. The procurement covers the UK, including Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, with a contract value estimated at £69 million over 3 to 5 years.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in maritime surveillance, data services, and intelligence systems to bid for a substantial government contract, fostering business growth. Companies that are well-suited for this opportunity include those with capabilities in Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), radar and Electro Optical/Infra-Red detection, and expertise in providing persistent maritime surveillance. Businesses that can offer innovative and cost-effective solutions while maintaining high levels of system availability and operational responsiveness will have a competitive edge. They must also be registered under the targeted purchasing system and capable of adapting to dynamic maritime security requirements across various UK territories.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Joint Maritime Security Centre Mobile Maritime Domain Awareness Service

Notice Description

Maritime security is a key enabler to UK, Crown Dependency, and British Overseas Territories Security. The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) provides Maritime Domain Awareness data to UK Government stakeholders to support delivery of security and regulatory enforcement activities. The MDA provision is comprised of multiple layers of data from a variety of sources. This procurement exercise seeks to enhance the MDA to better support operational services by procuring the provision of a scalable, mobile, digital outcome that is capable of delivering streamed "Tracks as a Service" (TKaaS) in Near Real-time (NRT). The data stream will be provided to the Royal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Programme (MDAP) via an Application Planning Interface (API). This will include data from land based and Beyond Visual Line of Sight sources (BVLOS) operating in the 4 nations of the UK, the Crown Dependencies, and BOT, with the flexibility to respond to short notice operational requirements. These tracks should incorporate Automatic Identification System (AIS) detection, radar, and Electro Optical (EO)/Infra-Red (IR) detection - all correlated to enhance non-cooperative vessel detection. A separate portal shall be made available by the supplier to view the camera data and provide an alternative display of tracks and any alerts.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The service is to provide maritime tracks from selected areas to JMSC. Suppliers will be responsible for owning, siting, installing, securing, and operating any hardware in the UK or overseas. The current operational tempo assumes a requirement for 24/7/365 service availability. Suppliers will need to ensure the system is supported with sufficient personnel and process to resolve any issues to ensure system availability (between 99.5 - 99.9%). The Supplier solution must : Respond to JMSC tasking and provide persistent maritime surveillance of an Area of Interest (AOI) within the UK marine area (and UK Overseas/Dependent Territories). Provide active surveillance feeds at a minimum of 24 concurrent AOIs around the UK coast delivering tracks as a service. Provide services that will enable/assist in the detection of both cooperative and non-cooperative-reporting vessels typically within UK Territorial Waters (TTWs). The solution primarily covers the UK, territorial waters, and BOTs when required. Currently 4 BOTs are receiving improved maritime awareness services. This solution will need to respond to any emerging areas of interest both in the UK and BOT. The potential length of this contract will be 3 to 5 years in total (including any extension periods), with an estimated total value of up to cPS69 million if the contract is awarded for 5 years. However, the Authority is seeking to ensure that an increase or decrease in contract capability is available, should the future demand change. A contingency of approximately PS20 million (over 5 years) is built into the estimated contract value but there is no guarantee that this will be needed or used. The content of this PIN, including the nature of works, services and estimated value, may be subject to change.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe5b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013491-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

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

CPV Codes

35720000 - Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance

72222300 - Information technology services

72300000 - Data services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£69,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Apr 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
7 Apr 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Home Office
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

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