Official UK procurement notice
Provision of LTE Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)
Authority: Secretary of State for the Home Department - Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (Central government)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionESMCP is delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), a secure, 4G critical voice and data communications service using an enhanced commercial LTE network configured to give priority access for the three emergency services (3ES).
A procurement activity was undertaken to compete for LTE Fixed Vehicle Devices and Accessories required by User Organisations to access the ESN under the Restricted Procedure.
A framework agreement for the provision of LTE Vehicle Devices and Accessories has been awarded to two suppliers - Handsfree Group and TST Systems Limited.
The framework agreement will be used by 3ES - fire, ambulance, police and related other Home Office / non-Home Office enforcement services and other organisations who have a requirement to make use of Devices installed into vehicles to support the services to be delivered by the ESN network.
Relevant OJEU Notice numbers are:
- 2019/S 073-173137; and
- -2019/S 078-187957
CPV: Ancillary works for telecommunications · Data-communications equipment · Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment · Telecommunications equipment · Telecommunications equipment and supplies
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids received · 2 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1ESMCP is delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), a secure, 4G critical voice…Awarded
ESMCP is delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), a secure, 4G critical voice and data communications
service using an enhanced commercial LTE network configured to give priority access for the three emergency
services (3ES).
A procurement activity was undertaken to compete for LTE Fixed Vehicle Devices and Accessories required by
User Organisations to access the ESN under the Restricted Procedure.
A framework agreement for the provision of LTE Vehicle Devices and Accessories has been awarded to two
suppliers - Handsfree Group and TST Systems Limited.
The framework agreement will be used by 3ES - fire, ambulance, police and related other Home Office / non-
Home Office enforcement services and other organisations who have a requirement to make use of Devices
installed into vehicles to support the services to be delivered by the ESN network.
Relevant OJEU Notice numbers are:
- 2019/S 073-173137; and
- -2019/S 078-187957
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- price: 30
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Price: 30%
- Price: 30
- Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 70 of 130: the paper moves it further than the discount.
- “Provision of LTE Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Jan 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Authority reference
C9289 and C17321- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001696- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028df6Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Provision of LTE Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)
- Signed
- 28 Nov 2019
- Value
- £130,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
4 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Department of Health and Social CareContracting authority
- The Scottish Ministers acting through the Scottish Government, Safer Communities DirectorateContracting authority
- The Welsh Ministers acting through the Welsh GovernmentContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Handsfree GroupFramework contractor
- TST Group LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.