ESMCP Technology Delivery Partner - Award of Contract

Description

The award of a contract for the delivery of technology led projects for the Home Office's Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP). The Technology Delivery Partner (TDP) will implement and deliver against a number of TDP Projects. Delivery of these projects will support the ESMCP organisation in the delivery of the new Emergency Services Network (ESN) which will be used for mobile communication across the emergency services. Five individual projects were defined in the tender and will commence shortly after contract commencement. Further Projects will be drawn down throughout the Contract Term. The projects cover areas such as managing change of technology suppliers, service integration, supplier assurance and live technical service design. They comprise the currently known requirements for the first year of the contract. Future TDP Projects will draw on the technical skill sets demonstrated by the Partner in their tender response. The highest priority TDP Projects will focus on work in progress at contract commencement. The contract's initial term is five years with options to extend for two x one year periods. The quoted contract value of £71m covers the initial term and optional extension periods. The contract was awarded following a tender under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Technology Services 3 framework, ref: RM6100 using Lot 4 entitled Major Services Transformation Programmes.

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