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ESMCP - Mobile Services Agreement for the Emergency Services Network

Air-to-ground telecommunications services
Ancillary works for telecommunications
Communications system maintenance services
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UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Secretary of State for the Home Department: "ESMCP - Mobile Services Agreement for the Emergency Services Network". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Secretary of State for the Home Department
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Published history for The Secretary of State for the Home Department. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Secretary of State for the Home Department
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Dec 2024, 18:22 GMT
Last source update20 Dec 2024, 18:22 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAir-to-ground telecommunications services, Ancillary works for telecommunications, Communications system maintenance services, Computer facilities management services, Data management services, Data network support services, Data transmission services, Facilities management services for computer systems development, Facilities management services for computer systems maintenance, Facilities management services involving computer operation, Helpdesk and support services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Installation of telecommunications equipment, Installation services (except software), Integrated telecommunications services, Maintenance and repair of data network equipment, Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment, Maintenance of information technology equipment, Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment, Mobile-telephone services, Networking, Internet and intranet software package, Preventive maintenance services, Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment, Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations, Short Message Service (SMS) services, Systems support services, Telecommunications facilities, Telecommunications services, Telecommunications system, Television broadcast transmission services
Delivery area
UK
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What is being bought
This Award Notice is for the provision of the Mobile Services network and related services for the Home Office to support the development and implementation of the new Emergency Services Network (ESN).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    20 Dec 2024, 18:22 GMT
  2. Buyer information updated
    20 Dec 2024, 18:22 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    31 Jul 2024, 17:41 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    31 Jul 2024, 17:41 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    31 Jul 2024, 17:41 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This Award Notice is for the provision of the Mobile Services network and related services for the Home Office to support the development and implementation of the new Emergency Services Network (ESN). ESN will replace the expensive, ageing and outdated Airwave system and provide critical communications for the emergency services. The new Mobile Services Agreement (MSA) has been awarded jointly to EE Ltd and BT Plc in the form of a tripartite agreement. The award of the contract was previously announced at pre-contract stage via a Voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice published on the Find a Tender service website on 31 July 2024 (FTS/024046-2024). The Mobile Services contract is for a term of 7.25 years plus one extension year, as well as a termination assistance period, for a maximum value of £1.85bn. The Mobile Services contract will provide mobile network coverage for emergency services mission critical communications. This contract subsumes and replaces the previous contract for mobile network services with EE which was expiring and required updating. The main services to be provided by the MS Suppliers shall include the services specified in the Original Lot 3 Agreement with certain modifications which are designed to optimise the delivery and performance of the ESN, based on experience gained during the Original Lot 3 Agreement, as set out in the afore-mentioned VEAT. Additional information: Continuation from section V.2.5): 28.3% of the services will be subcontracted to entities outside of the BT Group. Most of these subcontracted services will be provided through existing contractual relationships with suppliers that the MS Suppliers already use for their commercial network service.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    20 Dec 2024, 18:22 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 22 Nov 2024, 00:00 GMT · £1,850,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
EE Ltd and British Telecommunications Plc
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Mobile Services Agreement for the Emergency Services Network
£1,850,000,000 · signed 22 Nov 2024, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Contracting authority GB-FTS-133520
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  • The Secretary of State for the Home Department
    buyer

    Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP), 3rd Floor, Clive House, 70 Petty France, LONDON, UK, SW1H 9EX
    ESMCPSupplier@homeoffice.gov.uk

  • EE Ltd and British Telecommunications Plc
    supplier

    1 Braham Street, LONDON, UK, E1 8EE

  • High Court of Justice Royal Courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    Strand, LONDON, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079476000
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Authority has entered 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. The reasons that the Authority considers the use of regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) applies are detailed in the ESN Mobile Services Agreement Voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice published on the Find a Tender service website on 31 July 2024 (FTS/024046-2024).