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Provision of a TETRA/ MCX Interworking Gateway Solution for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Secretary of State for the Home Department

Buyer Address: Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP), 5 Endeavour Square, Stratford, London, London, UK, E20 1JN, United Kingdom

Contact Name: ESMCP Commercial

Contact Email: esmcpsupplier@homeoffice.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
14246433.64 GBP
Published
16 Oct 2025, 15:57
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
72211000 - Programming services of systems and user software
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Etherstack Wireless Limited
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

This Award Notice relates to the Award of a contract for a TETRA/ MCX Interworking Gateway (IWG) solution to be provided to the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP).

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: This Award Notice relates to the Award of a contract for a TETRA/ MCX Interworking Gateway (IWG) solution to be provided to the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP). The supplier will provide this IWG to support the transition from Airwave to ESN for approximately 300,000 users across 107 User Organisations. The IWG will link together Airwave talk groups to their equivalent new ESN talk groups, allowing migrated ESN users to make Group and Emergency Calls to, and receive Group and Emergency Calls from, unmigrated Airwave users. The Authority is seeking to procure a Network Interworking Service to support the transition from Airwave to ESN for approximately 300,000 users across 107 User Organisations. The Network Interworking Service will use an Interworking Gateway (the subject of this procurement) to link together the 6000 busiest Airwave talk groups to their equivalent new ESN talk groups, allowing migrated ESN users to make Group and Emergency Calls to, and receive Group and Emergency Calls from, unmigrated Airwave users. The Interworking Gateway is assumed to be a software product that can be deployed onto physical or virtual servers provided and hosted by the ESN User Services Supplier, who will also be responsible for service integration, first line and second line maintenance, with the Interworking Gateway supplier responsible for third line support. The type of interface to be used between Airwave and the Interworking Gateway will be DCS, (Motorola DIMETRA™ Dispatch Communications Server), because this is the only interface available on the Airwave radio service. This is the same interface as used for standard control room system connections that provide service to over 4000 control room ICCS (Integrated Communications Control System) desks. A quantity of 600 active DCS ports (plus an extra 300 ports for resilience) will be assigned to the Interworking Gateway, serviced by three Airwave DCS data centres.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Technical

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Price

Contracts

Contract Title: Provision of a TETRA/ MCX Interworking Gateway Solution for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)

Awards

Award Title: Provision of a TETRA/ MCX Interworking Gateway Solution for the Emergency Services Network (ESN)

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