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Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Iridium Mobile and Fixed Terminals (Business Continuity Planning)
Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£133,333≈ £133k / year · £136,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update35.7% below final estimate
Submissions closed 10 Oct 2025awarded 20 Nov 2025
Awarded to ITC GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED2 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 10 Nov 2026 · up to 10 Nov 2028 with extensions · starts 11 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has tendered for the provision of 19 Iridium satellite communication terminals with airtime contracts to provision a resilient, non-terrestrial communication capability during a national or critical infrastructure outages.
Please note that the awarded value excludes extension options, but these were taken into account as part of the whole life cost assessment in accordance with the ITT procedure set out.
CPV: Satellite-related communications equipment · Telecommunications services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£133,333
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
None
- Technical & professional ability
The supplier must be a recognised Iridium dealer
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
None
- Technical & professional ability
The supplier must be a recognised Iridium dealer
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2025, 10:21 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 10:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
TCA 3/7/1843- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055593- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0585bfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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- Submission deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Visit dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗, once registered and logged in navigate to itt_2808 - Provision of Iridium Mobile and Fixed Terminals including Airtime
Timeline
12 Aug 2025 → 19 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published12 Aug 2025, 10:21 BST
- Next notice expected26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published10 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
- Clarification questions by392 days ago25 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline377 days ago10 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST
- Award decision expected by358 days ago29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts346 days ago11 Nov 2025
- Assessment summaries sent337 days ago20 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends323 days ago3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published64 days ago19 Aug 2026, 10:41 BST
Notice history
12 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Aug 2025, 10:21 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published10 Sept 2025, 17:16 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £133,33310 Sept 2025, 17:16 BSTwas £147,000
- Status changed to active10 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Oct 2025, 11:00 BST10 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
- Contract award notice published21 Nov 2025, 10:52 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Nov 2025, 10:52 GMT
- Contract signature expected4 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 Apr 2026, 11:31 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published19 Aug 2026, 10:41 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTThe MCA requires additional devices and an additional talk group for enhanced business continuity purposes. This is to increase quantities of the devices, airtime and PTT services competitively tendered. The requirement was unforeseen and is considered urgent. The value of the modification this notice relates to is £43,449 exc VAT. The contract had previously been modified by a total of £2,496 exc VAT but a notice was not required due to being below 10% of the published contract value (a 3% increase). Following this modification, the total value of the contract will be £131,644 exc VAT. Please note that the contract modification date was 29/04/2026 but due to technical issues with the DfT's e-sourcing system, the notice was mistakenly not published.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 10 Sept 2025
- 2025-08: 1 release · 12 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £85,6991 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITC GLOBAL (UK) LIMITEDPROVISION OF IRIDIUM MOBILE AND FIXED TERMINALS INCLUDING AIRTIME8 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2026 · up to 7 Dec 2028Extensions: Two optional 1-Year extensions for airtime and press to talk services. | £85,699same award published again · counted once | 20 Nov 2025standstill to 3 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
| ITC GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED | £85,699 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · ITC GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED
- Signed
- 15 Dec 2025
- Value
- £85,699
- Period
- 15 Dec 2025 – 14 Dec 2026 · up to 14 Dec 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two optional 1-Year extensions for airtime and press to talk services.
- Change proposed 19 Aug 2026 The MCA requires additional devices and an additional talk group for enhanced business continuity purposes. This is to increase quantities of the devices, airtime and PTT services competitively tendered. The requirement was unforeseen and is considered urgent. The value of the modification this notice relates to is £43,449 exc VAT. The contract had previously been modified by a total of £2,496 exc VAT but a notice was not required due to being below 10% of the published contract value (a 3% increase). Following this modification, the total value of the contract will be £131,644 exc VAT. Please note that the contract modification date was 29/04/2026 but due to technical issues with the DfT's e-sourcing system, the notice was mistakenly not published., new value £131,644
5 agreed KPIs: Point of contact · Invoicing · Excess Usage …
- Point of contact, Supplier to maintain a point of contact throughout the life of the contract, keeping MCA up to date of any changes.
- Invoicing, All invoices to be completed correctly including a valid PO number and correct contact information and itemised billing.
- Excess Usage, Details of any usage outside the standard airtime package. Quarterly report.
- Availability, Ad hoc details of any system outages, as soon as is practicable.
- Social Value, Deliver the social value commitments in line with the supplier’s tender submission
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ITC Global (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender