Official UK procurement notice
Contract Modification of the Radio Network Infrastructure Replacement Reference number: RM6109 for additional services to include Radio Hardware Managed Services
Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Telecommunications network
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Contract Modification of the Radio Network Infrastructure Replacement Reference number: RM6109 for additional services to include Radio Hardware Managed Services
The MCA originally awarded a contract to telent Technology Services for the following provision;
HM Coastguard were required to monitor VHF and MF Radio transmissions from vessels at sea and provide assistance in case of emergency to prevent loss of life within the UK’s jurisdiction. In order to do this, the current network consists of 155 remote radio sites (RRS), situated around 11 000 miles of UK coastline. This network facilitates all communication transmissions to and from vessels at sea and to the HM Coastguard Watch Officers based at our 10 coastguard operation centres around the UK and the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre in Fareham via two data centres.
The existing network that links these remote radio sites to the HMCG operations centres needed to be replaced; the reason is that the analogue Kilostream product that underpins the existing network has been withdrawn from the market in March 2020 by BT in line with a wider OFCOM deregulation of low bandwidth analogue point-to-point product types across the telecommunications industry.
Further to the award of the above contract modification to this contract has been undertaken to include services to support the RNIR Programme and to manage the MCA’s Radio Hardware by way of;
Reactive Maintenance – 24x7x365 managed maintenance service for remote radio site equipment including but not limited to repair of VHF, MF, HF, DSC and AIS radio base stations, feeder cables, antenna, microwave dishes, direction finders, monitoring equipment, modems, change control, mast and tower rigging, poles, aircraft warning lights, access management, storage, radio coverage performance and certification;
- Vessel Monitoring and Management System support to cover infrastructure components at Langdon Battery and Fairlight Down including X-Band transceivers, Directional Finders, MET Sensors and AIS units;
- The Authority corporate, RNIR, remote radio switching estate and legacy server estate.
Preventative Maintenance- Performance of regular preventative maintenance activities to assure the quality and performance of Coastguard Communications on MF, VHF, VTMS Platforms, CNIS equipment AIS and DSC. These maintenance activities and the specification to which equipment shall perform is to be devised in conjunction with the installation /engineering contractor.
Project and technical support- Full end to end management including Supplier Management, Contract Management, Service reviews, Service improvement plans, Service Delivery Material, Tower Management and Enhanced Reporting.
Spares Management and Storage Services – Spares and inventory management service including trend analysis, asset management, obsolescence management, independent analysis of stock holdings, advising on minimum and maximum stock holding levels,secure storage facilities, Airwave accredited transportations and storage and enhanced delivery for the Authority’s cloud connected hardware.
Subcontracted Support Services – Hardware and Software Assurance and Upgrade
UPS Support service - Hardware and Software Assurance and Upgrade Services including Solution Procurement Services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jun 2022, 17:57 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2022, 17:57 BST
- Authority reference
TCA 3/7/1044- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017818- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034c40Find a Tender
Publisher note: The MCA originally awarded a contract to telent Technology Services for the following provision; HM Coastguard were required to monitor VHF and MF Radio transmissions from vessels at sea and provide assistance in case of emergency to prevent loss of life within the UK’s jurisdiction. In order to do this, the current network consists of 155 remote radio sites (RRS), situated around 11 000 miles of UK coastline. This network facilitates all communication transmissions to and from vessels at sea and to the HM Coastguard Watch Officers based at our 10 coastguard operation centres around the UK and the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre in Fareham via two data centres. The existing network that links these remote radio sites to the HMCG operations centres needed to be replaced; the reason is that the analogue Kilostream product that underpins the existing network has been withdrawn from the market in March 2020 by BT in line with a wider OFCOM deregulation of low bandwidth analogue point-to-point product types across the telecommunications industry. Further to the award of the above contract modification to this contract has been undertaken to include services to support the RNIR Programme and to manage the MCA’s Radio Hardware by way of; Reactive Maintenance – 24x7x365 managed maintenance service for remote radio site equipment including but not limited to repair of VHF, MF, HF, DSC and AIS radio base stations, feeder cables, antenna, microwave dishes, direction finders, monitoring equipment, modems, change control, mast and tower rigging, poles, aircraft warning lights, access management, storage, radio coverage performance and certification; • Vessel Monitoring and Management System support to cover infrastructure components at Langdon Battery and Fairlight Down including X-Band transceivers, Directional Finders, MET Sensors and AIS units; • The Authority corporate, RNIR, remote radio switching estate and legacy server estate. Preventative Maintenance- Performance of regular preventative maintenance activities to assure the quality and performance of Coastguard Communications on MF, VHF, VTMS Platforms, CNIS equipment AIS and DSC. These maintenance activities and the specification to which equipment shall perform is to be devised in conjunction with the installation /engineering contractor. Project and technical support- Full end to end management including Supplier Management, Contract Management, Service reviews, Service improvement plans, Service Delivery Material, Tower Management and Enhanced Reporting. Spares Management and Storage Services – Spares and inventory management service including trend analysis, asset management, obsolescence management, independent analysis of stock holdings, advising on minimum and maximum stock holding levels,secure storage facilities, Airwave accredited transportations and storage and enhanced delivery for the Authority’s cloud connected hardware. Subcontracted Support Services – Hardware and Software Assurance and Upgrade UPS Support service - Hardware and Software Assurance and Upgrade Services including Solution Procurement Services
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telent Technology Services Limited | £102,275,036 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 017818-2022-Lot No: 1- 10-year Term Covering Network Design, Build and Rental-1 · Telent Technology Services Limited
- Signed
- 10 May 2021
- Value
- £102,275,036
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2031
- Status
- active
- Change Further to the award of the above contract modification to this contract has been undertaken to include services to support the RNIR Programme and to manage the MCA’s Radio Hardware by way of; Reactive Maintenance – 24x7x365 managed maintenance service for remote radio site equipment including but not limited to repair of VHF, MF, HF, DSC and AIS radio base stations, feeder cables, antenna, microwave dishes, direction finders, monitoring equipment, modems, change control, mast and tower rigging, poles, aircraft warning lights, access management, storage, radio coverage performance and certification; • Vessel Monitoring and Management System support to cover infrastructure components at Langdon Battery and Fairlight Down including X-Band transceivers, Directional Finders, MET Sensors and AIS units; • The Authority corporate, RNIR, remote radio switching estate and legacy server estate. Preventative Maintenance- Performance of regular preventative maintenance activities to assure the quality and performance of Coastguard Communications on MF, VHF, VTMS Platforms, CNIS equipment AIS and DSC. These maintenance activities and the specification to which equipment shall perform is to be devised in conjunction with the installation /engineering contractor. Project and technical support- Full end to end management including Supplier Management, Contract Management, Service reviews, Service improvement plans, Service Delivery Material, Tower Management and Enhanced Reporting. Spares Management and Storage Services – Spares and inventory management service including trend analysis, asset management, obsolescence management, independent analysis of stock holdings, advising on minimum and maximum stock holding levels,secure storage facilities, Airwave accredited transportations and storage and enhanced delivery for the Authority’s cloud connected hardware. Subcontracted Support Services – Hardware and Software Assurance and Upgrade UPS Support service - Hardware and Software Assurance and Upgrade Services including Solution Procurement Services, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: This modification has been made under Reg.72(1)(b) - Additional services have become necessary and a change of contractor is not possible due to technical or economic reasons and the risk of duplication of costs, a change of contractor cannot be envisaged. Given: (i) the potential ‘interoperability’ issues that would be faced by a new contractor brought in to provide the Hardware Managed Services; (ii) the economic advantages to appointing telent to provide the Hardware Managed Services; and (iii) that the increase in Contract value is less than 50%
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Maritime and Coastguard AgencyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- telent Technology Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.