Buyer Name: Home Office
Buyer Address: Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP), 5 Endeavour Square,, Stratford, London, E20 1JN, England
Contact Name: Secretary of State for the Home Department
Contact Email: esmcpcommercial@homeoffice.gov.uk
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