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ESMCP Control Room Systems Upgrade to ensure compatibility to the Emergency Services Network - Motorola

Home Office

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

30 Jul 2026 at 19:07

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

22 Jun 2026 at 12:01

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

21 May 2026 at 11:24

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office procured software development and supporting services for the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP). The requirement covers integrated communications control systems (ICCS) and non-ICCS software for the Home Office and three emergency services organisations, helping control room systems remain compatible with the Emergency Services Network. The work is a specialist public-sector communications and emergency-services technology requirement, including upgrades to existing control room software. Motorola Solutions UK Limited is the supplier. The buying organisation is the Home Office, a central government authority based in London, while the services support the Home Office and participating emergency services organisations through their control room systems.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Motorola Solutions UK Limited. The Home Office used a direct award procedure. The stated rationale was that changing supplier would create incompatible goods or services and disproportionate technical difficulties, because the existing suppliers own the intellectual property needed to upgrade the software. The award date was 18 June 2026, and the contract was signed on 1 July 2026. The contract runs from 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2029, with an optional 12-month extension and a maximum extent date of 3 February 2031. Its value is £13,454,669 excluding VAT and £16,145,603 including VAT. Options cover end-user early-life care and a Control Room Reference System.

This award demonstrates established demand from the Home Office and emergency services organisations for specialist control room communications software and associated support. Suppliers considering comparable work would need demonstrable capability in integrated communications control systems, ICCS and non-ICCS software development, system upgrades and ongoing technical support. Compatibility with the Emergency Services Network is central, so experience of integrating or maintaining operational emergency-services communications environments would be commercially relevant. The procurement also shows that ownership or access to the intellectual property underpinning existing control room software can determine whether a supplier is technically credible. Businesses competing for similar requirements would therefore need to evidence software ownership or appropriate rights, deep knowledge of incumbent systems, and the ability to support users through system changes and early-life operation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ESMCP Control Room Systems Upgrade to ensure compatibility to the Emergency Services Network - Motorola

Notice Description

This Procurement seeks to establish contract with a Supplier as a vendor of Integrated Communications Control Systems (ICCS) and non-ICCS software to 3ES Organisations and the Home Office, specifically the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme ('ESMCP'), for the provision of software development and supporting services.

Procurement Information

Review of Schedule 5 - subsection 7 Additional or repeat goods, services or works 7. The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance. Additional information The ownership of the control room systems software relationship is between the User Organisation and the Control Room System Supplier. The existing suppliers own the IP that is required for the software and therefore no other supplier is able to upgrade the existing software.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-069ecb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072427-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72262000 - Software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£13,454,669 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£13,454,669 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Jun 20263 months ago
Contract Period
1 Jul 2026 - 31 Dec 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Motorola Solutions

Further Information

Notice Documents

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