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# Provision of a Telecommunications service for the Emergency Services of England, Scotland and Wales

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-telecommunications-service-for-the-emergency-services-of-england-scotland-a-ocds-h6vhtk-030d0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Secretary of State for the Home Department - Home Office (Police): "Provision of a Telecommunications service for the Emergency Services of England, Scotland and Wales". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Secretary of State for the Home Department - Home Office (Police)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department-home-office-polic-GB-FTS-41377)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communications network, Telecommunications services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030d0f`

## 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/provision-of-a-telecommunications-service-for-the-emergency-services-of-england-scotland-a-ocds-h6vhtk-030d0f#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of a secure, private communications network providing telecommunications for the emergency services of England Scotland and Wales, also providing the ability for the three emergency services to talk to each other and to other public safety organisations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32412000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Airwave network is the communications system used by the Emergency Services in Scotland, England and Wales, providing digital radio communications along with other functions such as telephony, text messaging and control room communication service...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Public Safety Radio Communications Service (active)
  - Award id: `001654-2022-C9265-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Airwave Solutions Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184646`
  - Value: £1,561,919,689 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Public Safety Radio Communications Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,561,919,689
  - Signed Date: 20/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001654-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-19T22:45:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:50:35.395Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030d0f