Awarded contract

Navigational Telex (NAVTEX) and Digital Selective Calling (DSC)

Details

Buyer: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Supplier(s): FREQUENTIS (UK) LIMITED
Value: £1,541,573
Topic: Systems support services
Published: 29 November 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Contract is required to support the development, implementation (including training) and maintenance of new control service infrastructure for HM Coastguard’s (HMCG) Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and NAVTEX (NAVigational TEleX) capability. This will include the provision to replace any hardware interfaces (modems) at all receive/transmission sites across the UK, to replace the legacy interfaces that are proprietary and end of service life. Both Lots were awarded to a sole supplier. Lot 1: Contract is required to support the development, implementation (including training) and maintenance of new control service infrastructure for HM Coastguard’s (HMCG) Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and NAVTEX (NAVigational TEleX) capability. This will include the provision to replace any hardware interfaces (modems) at all receive/transmission sites across the UK, to replace the legacy interfaces that are proprietary and end of service life.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 November 2023
Completed: Award published29 November 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Transport, and buys as a central government agency for maritime and coastal search and rescue. Crown Commercial Service frameworks are used where they fit the agency's needs. Specialist maritime technical and scientific services are sourced through dedicated frameworks instead. The Procurement Team sits within Commercial and Programmes at the agency's Southampton headquarters.

Over the past 5 years, most of Maritime and Coastguard Agency's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@maritime-and-coastguard-agency.gov
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