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title: "Emergency Services Network (ESN) End User Devices"
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# Emergency Services Network (ESN) End User Devices

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emergency-services-network-esn-end-user-devices-ocds-h6vhtk-055738). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Emergency Services Network (ESN) End User Devices". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £15,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jul 2026, 18:00 BST. Published submission portal: homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £15,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 July 2026 at 18:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software development services, Mobile telephones, Software testing, Telecommunications services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emergency-services-network-esn-end-user-devices-ocds-h6vhtk-055738#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055738`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emergency-services-network-esn-end-user-devices-ocds-h6vhtk-055738#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeoffice.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emergency-services-network-esn-end-user-devices-ocds-h6vhtk-055738#participate

## Description
The procurement will contract for commercially available off‑the‑shelf (COTS) mobile communication devices to be developed by successful suppliers to meet ESN technical, security and public safety requirements, in order to achieve ESN certification.  
Individual contracts will be awarded for each device selected. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Bidder is awarded multiple contracts, a separate contract will have to be signed for each individual device.
The Authority intends to award contracts to suppliers in order to maximise choice and operational resilience. The maximum numbers of contracts to be awarded in each lot are as follows:
Lot 1 – 5
Lot 2 – 2
Lot 3 – 2
Lot 4 - 4
The award of contracts is also subject to the following rules:
1.	For Lots 1 and 4, the Authority will, as default,  award only four and three contracts respectively. However, the Authority requires one or more dual mode devices (ESN plus Tetra DMO) in each lot in addition to devices solely for use on the ESN. If the leading four bids making up the target number of contracts by Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) score do not include a bid for a dual mode device, the Authority may award a fifth contract to a supplier offering a dual mode device based on the highest MAT score for that device.
2.	Where a Bidder is relying on a sub-contractor to fulfil its contractual obligations and more than one bid is submitted based on the same device and/or sub-contractor under these conditions, the Authority reserves the right to award a contract only to the Bidder achieving the highest MAT score. 
If this rule is invoked by the Authority and the MAT rankings of the relevant bidders under the rule are above that of the lowest ranking Bidder awarded a contract, the Authority reserves the right to award a contract to the Bidder or Bidders with the highest MAT ranking or rankings immediately below that of the lowest ranking successful bidder. However, the Authority is not obligated to do so.
For example, if four contracts are to be awarded in Lot 1 and two relevant bidders under this rule are placed first and third on MAT ranking, the Authority will only award a contract to the first ranked Bidder and reserves the right to award a further contract to the fifth ranked bidder if different to the first and third. 
3.	If both this rule and rule 1 are invoked together in any Lot, the Authority reserves the right only to award any additional contract to the highest MAT ranked bid offering a dual mode device.
4.	Where a Bidder submits multiple bids for places on the same Lot, the Authority reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to only award contracts to up to two of those bids with the highest Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) scores provided that those scores place both bids within the maximum number of contracts to be awarded in the lot. 
The scope of this procurement is limited to device development, testing and ESN certification activities. The routine supply of certified devices, accessories and as...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emergency-services-network-esn-end-user-devices-ocds-h6vhtk-055738)

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: ESN Rugged Smartphone
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32250000, 64200000, 72212100, 72254000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £6,000,000
- **Description:** Development of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Rugged Smartphone User Equipment for use on the Emergency Services Network (ESN), including support for mission critical voice and data services and, where offered, optional Dual Mode capability incorpor...
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: ESN Rugged Featurephone
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32250000, 64200000, 72212100, 72254000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,500,000
- **Description:** Development of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Rugged Feature Phone User Equipment for use on the Emergency Services Network (ESN), designed to support mission critical voice and data services, and where offered, optional dual mode capability incorpo...
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2029

### Lot 3: ESN Non-rugged Smartphone
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32250000, 64200000, 72212100, 72254000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,500,000
- **Description:** Development of Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Non-Rugged Smartphone User Equipment for use on the Emergency Services Network (ESN), including support for mission critical voice and data services. Devices under this Lot must meet the Authority’s defi...
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2029

### Lot 4: ESN Fixed Vehicle Device
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 32250000, 64200000, 72212100, 72254000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £4,000,000
- **Description:** Development of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Fixed Vehicle Devices for use on the Emergency Services Network (ESN), including support for mission critical voice and data services. Devices under this Lot must meet the Authority’s defined technical r...
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F055923-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-12T16:28:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:55:22.790Z
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