Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Home Office · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Suppliers
- British Telecommunications PLC, EE Ltd
- Value
- £1,289,231,819
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Postal & telecoms services · Telecommunications services (CPV 64200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 Nov 2024
- Published20 Dec 2024Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
This Award Notice is for the provision of the Mobile Services network and related services for the Home Office to support the development and implementation of the new Emergency Services Network (ESN). ESN will replace the expensive, ageing and outdated Airwave system and provide critical communications for the emergency services. The new Mobile Services Agreement (MSA) has been awarded jointly to EE Ltd and BT Plc in the form of a tripartite agreement. The award of the contract was previously announced at pre-contract stage via a Voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice published on the Find a Tender service website on 31 July 2024 (FTS/024046-2024). The Mobile Services contract is for a term of 7.25 years plus one extension year, as well as a termination assistance period, for a maximum value of £1.85bn. The Mobile Services contract will provide mobile network coverage for emergency services mission critical communications. This contract subsumes and replaces the previous contra…
About the suppliers
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01800000).
EE Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02382161).