# MCA Aerial surveillance aircraft &amp; SAR Data

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency](/buyers/mca-maritime-and-coastguard-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Accelerated Capability Environments
- Award value: £300,000
- Tender value: £300,000
- Award date: 6 August 2020
- Published: 4 August 2021
- Contract start: 6 August 2020
- Contract end: 3 August 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 81d9bd99-2bba-4c01-b8cd-e0121c86709b-457459
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2925d8ce-196d-4962-9022-b6150a6a58e3

## Description

The MCA Aerial surveillance aircraft &amp; SAR helicopters collect large amounts of datathat is highly valuable to the MCA and a number of government departments\.There is no environment where this data can be collated in a n automated manner and fused with other information to provide an operational picture\.There is also no method for easily sharing valuable data with other government departments\.The development of a scalabledata-engineering foundation / analytics platform on which future data-related capabilities can be built\.This would be achieved through the development of anAlpha\(proof of concept\)and then beta capability that would demonstrate how it works and its benefits through an operation pilot\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81d9bd99-2bba-4c01-b8cd-e0121c86709b-457459)
