Published date: 4 September 2020

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


Closing: 25 June 2020, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Telecommunications network - 32412100

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£100,419,467

Procurement reference

RM6109.

Published date

4 September 2020

Closing date

25 June 2020

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

6 July 2020

Contract end date

5 July 2030

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

HM Coastguard were required to monitor VHF and MF Radio transmissions from vessels at sea and provide assistance in case of emergency to prevent loss of life within the UK's jurisdiction. In order to do this, the current network consists of 155 Remote Radio sites (RRS), situated around 11 000 miles of UK coastline. This network facilitates all communication transmissions to and from vessels at sea and to the HM Coastguard Watch Officers based at our 10 Coastguard Operation Centres around the UK and the National Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham via two Data Centres.

The existing network that links these remote radio sites to the HMCG Operations Centres needed to be replaced; the reason is that the analogue Kilostream product that underpins the existing network has been withdrawn from the market in March 2020 by BT in line with a wider OFCOM deregulation of low bandwidth analogue point-to-point product types across the telecommunications industry.

Award information

Awarded date

12 June 2020

Contract start date

31 July 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2030

Total value of contract

£100,419,467

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED

Address

Point 3,Haywood Road
COVENTRY
West Midlands
CV3 5AH
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 00703317

Value of contract

£100,419,467

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Address

105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
England

Telephone

02038172476

Email

contracts@mcga.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency