Published date: 1 July 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 April 2022, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industry specific software development services - 72212100

  • IT software development services - 72212517

Location of contract

SW1H 9EX

Value of contract

£900,000 to £2,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0253300D58000000L5A4EAK1

Published date

1 July 2022

Closing date

30 April 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

31 May 2022

Contract end date

22 November 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This procurement seeks to establish a contract between the supplier as a vendor of integrated communications control systems (ICCS) software to the three emergency services (3ES) and the Home Office, specifically the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme ('ESMCP' or the 'Programme'), for the provision of software development and supporting services.
In summary, the service requirements are concerned with the development of a compatible ICCS product upgrade that enables the supplier's control room ICCS product(s) (as deployed to the supplier's UK 3ES customers) to interface to ESN, for the minimum subset of Kodiak 12 (K12) features as set out in the contract schedules.
Kodiak is the mission critical push to talk application (provided by Motorola Solutions UK Limited) used on ESN to connect the 3ES to the EE mobile network (the ESN's mobile network operator). It is critical that the 3ES control rooms are compatible with ESN. If they are not, ESN will not work, and this could endanger life.
This Notice is for the provision of services in connection with the development of Systel's IRIS Solution against Kodiak 12 (K12). It should be noted that the contracting authority may require Systel to provide further development work in the future, as may be relevant for newer versions of the release.

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Additional text

The Authority has contracted with a number of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to provide Integrated Communications Control Systems (ICCS) services for the emergency services (3ES). Each OEM has proprietary systems that must be developed to ensure compatibility with the Emergency Services Network (ESN) when it goes live. The Authority has contracted with the relevant OEMs to carry out this development work (i.e. each has a contract to develop their own respective systems). One of those OEMs is Systel, which is carrying out development work on its proprietary system (called IRIS) accordingly. Systel's contract with the Authority, under which it is carrying out that development work, is to be replaced with a new contract with greater scope and increased cost to ensure compatibility against the latest Kodiak iteration (Kodiak 12). Systel is the only supplier that can provide these development services, most notably because it owns the intellectual property rights (IPRs) to IRIS, and does not license them to third party developers who might otherwise be able to do so. The parameters of the procurement are a function of the development work needed to make IRIS ESN compatible. The Authority has already contracted or is in the process of reaching an agreement with the rest of the market, either on a similar basis or under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to make sure that all available ICCS solutions (i.e. Systel's and those of its competitors) are developed to be compatible with ESN. The Authority has actively sought to ensure that competition is maintained across the marketplace. The purpose of this particular procurement is to ensure 3ES users of Systel's IRIS system have an ESN compatible product. This procurement will prevent Systel from being disadvantaged in comparison to the rest of the marketplace, enabling all market players to compete fairly and offer ESN compatible control room solutions when 3ES procure control rooms in the future. The value of the proposed changes to Systel's contract is such that to comply with the PCR 2015 (as amended), the Authority must award a new contract to Systel. The above justifies, the use of a direct award relying on Reg 32(2)(b)(iii), where the services can only be supplied by a particular operator for the protection of exclusive rights including IPRs, no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.

Award information

Awarded date

31 May 2022

Contract start date

31 May 2022

Contract end date

22 November 2023

Total value of contract

£981,754

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SYSTEL (SYSTEMES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS) SA

Address

17 RUE LE VERRIER, Z.I. DE BELLE AIRE, AYTRE; FRANCE, 17440 17440

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

ESMCP Commercial Team

Address

2 Marsham Street, Westminster
London
SW1P 4DF
GB

Email

ESMCPsupplier@homeoffice.gov.uk