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| Source: | Find a Tender Service (FTS) |
| Notice Type: | Award notice |
| Buyer: | The Secretary of State for the Home Department |
| Main Category: | Services |
| Procurement Method: | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Method Rationale: | The Authority intends to enter into the Mobile Services Agreement with the MS Suppliers on the basis that regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 applies, i.e. that only the MS Suppliers can provide the services required because competition is absent for technical reasons. The Authority considers that no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. This is for the following reasons: The Authority requires Users to be fully transitioned to ESN, including a c. 2 year transition period by 2029. This is in order, as soon as possible: to realise the operational advantages of ESN; to reduce costs; to establish a network that can be subject to effective competition; and to take all reasonable steps to comply with recommendations of the Competition and Markets Authority. The MS Suppliers have the assets, expertise and know-how to deliver a dedicated core network and Radio Access Network providing the coverage, resilience and security to meet the Authority’s requirements within this timescale and which can deliver priority and pre-emption (as described in greater detail below) on their network, with secure PSCS services and ESN devices, to be fully operational and to enable Users to be fully transitioned onto the ESN by 2029 . The Authority considers that another supplier would not be able to meet the Authority's technical requirements within the required timescales. In particular, it will require another network operator to deliver and implement the following: Development and Implementation of Network Coverage: An alternative supplier would need to build a dedicated ESN core 4G/5GSA network in their data centres. This is because the ESN requires a dedicated core network for its Users. This is necessary to meet the Authority’s requirements in respect of availability, resilience and security to ESN services (Mission Critical Push to Talk, data and video), each of which are discussed in greater detail below. Network Coverage Analysis: Coverage (i.e. the access to a useable signal to use ESN services) is a fundamental aspect of ESN. Before any coverage installation could occur, an alternative supplier would need to undertake a significant period of coverage assurance with ESN capable devices to identify the coverage gaps in their network, so that reconfigurations could be planned and implemented. From this data, analysis would then need to be performed to determine overlap and gaps with critical operational locations specified by ESN Users. Similarly, further work would be required to attend at major venues to determine coverage within major buildings (e.g. Stadia). Given the size of the road network and the number of buildings involved, this is a vast exercise. Once this analysis is complete, it is highly likely that it will be necessary for an alternative supplier to install new radio infrastructure, including masts to provide the required coverage. Radio sites can take a significant time to design, acquire, build and test. Network Resilience and Security: The ESN requires greater resilience than is generally provided by a commercial network. This is to ensure that the mission critical communications are always available. To achieve this, an alternative supplier will need to put in place measures, specific to its own network, which include. • the installation of generators and batteries to certain sites (the MS Suppliers have currently fitted c. 800), to ensure that there are back up power sources; and • alternative transmission paths, to ensure that the supplier is not reliant on one source of transmission, such as fibre, and can also use, for example, satellite connections and/or microwave links as backup if the fibre connection fails. Continued in ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION VI.3 due to word constraints. |
| Tender Status: | Closed |
| Estimated Value (ex. VAT): | Not specified |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Application Deadline: | — |
| Procurement ID (OCID): | ocds-h6vhtk-04868e |
| Notice Reference: | 024046-2024 |
All 2 notices for this procurement, oldest first.
ESMCP - Mobile Services Agreement for the Emergency Services Network
ESMCP - Mobile Services Agreement for the Emergency Services Network
Earlier notices predate the Procurement Act 2023 (commenced 24 Feb 2025) and therefore don't carry UK1–UK17 codes.
Awarded to (2 suppliers)
| Award status: | Active |
On 8 December 2015 the Secretary of State for the Home Department (the "Authority") and EE Ltd ("EE") entered into a contract for the development and provision of a 4G network, as part of the Home Office's emergency services network ("ESN") project (the "Original Lot 3 Agreement"). ESN is to be used by the emergency services and other organisations that have a requirement for a public safety communications solution ("PSCS"). The Original Lot 3 Agreement is due to expire on 31 December 2024. The Authority intends to enter into a new contract (the "Mobile Services Agreement") jointly with EE and British Telecommunications Plc (“BT”) (together “the MS Suppliers” and both wholly owned by BT Group Plc), subject to the terms of the Mobile Services Agreement being agreed and terminate the Original Lot 3 Agreement early. The Term of the succeeding Mobile Services Agreement will be for a period of 7.25 years (plus one year optional extension) from execution date, which is currently anticipated to be during Q4 2024. The Agreement may also be subject to a termination assistance services (TAS) period where /if required. The detail in this VEAT notice reflects the key commercial principles of the Mobile Services Agreement as agreed between the parties; further detail on scope is set out at II.2.4 below.
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