# Radio Network Infrastructure Replacement\.

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Crown Commercial Service.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED](/contract-winners/telent-technology-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £100,419,467
- Tender value: £100,419,467
- Award date: 12 June 2020
- Published: 4 September 2020
- Contract start: 31 July 2020
- Contract end: 31 July 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f9d5288c-e627-4d8a-b157-f944d6f28385-368514
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d21c0533-b60e-4bb5-bdda-b80c06f8be65

## 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needed to be replaced; the reason is that the analogue Kilostream product that underpins the existing network has been withdrawn from the market in March 2020 by BT in line with a wider OFCOM deregulation of low bandwidth analogue point-to-point product types across the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\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d5288c-e627-4d8a-b157-f944d6f28385-368514)