Published date: 13 December 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industry specific software package - 48100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

TCA 3/7/1060

Published date

13 December 2018

Closing date

18 January 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Description of procurement: HM Coastguard operates within a single National Network environment. The service consists of the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC), in Fareham, Hampshire, supported by nine smaller Coastguard Operations Centres (CGOC), distributed around the UK coastline. This network is able to share workload freely between stations, allowing for workload to be flexed to meet Operational demand, ensuring a resilient and flexible service able to meet the challenges of the Modern Coastguard service.

The Coastguard operates in a secure 'Blue Light' wide area network, hosted by paired data centres in the NMOC and at CGOC Aberdeen. All core operational functions undertaken by the Coastguard are hosted in this environment and can be run from any of the CGOCs or the NMOC itself.

The NMOC forms the hub of the Coastguards network, hosting an Operations room, the Maritime training capability, one of the Coastguards two data centres and the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC).

This contract will be for the provision of the replacement software to support the activities of the two data centres and 136 operational PCs and training PCs across the national network. In addition, there is a requirement for ongoing training and technical support in the use of the software.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Kathleen Monk

Address

105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO151EG
England

Telephone

02038172328

Email

kathleen.monk@mcga.gov.uk