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HM Coastguard Alerting and Tasking

MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Buyer Address: Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton, SO15 1EG, England

Contact Name: Jonathan Nicklin

Contact Email: contracts@mcga.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
345703.0 GBP
Published
29 Apr 2025, 09:25
Deadline
25 Apr 2025, 16:00
Contract Start
14 May 2025, 23:00
Contract End
14 May 2028, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
35712000 - Tactical command, control and communication systems
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Softcat PLC
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The current support service expires on 14th May 2025. As a key solution for HM Coastguard (HMCG), the existing Alerting and Tasking solution instantly notifies via SMS and email Coastguard Rescue Officers and Full-time Officers (FTO) about Coastguard incidents with informative messages direct from the operations room. It is essential this service is maintained and that this renewal is agreed, in the meantime a new solution will be sought in line with the newly released MCA IT Strategy 2025-2028 and a new tender will be issued accordingly. This is a call-off contract is from the RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions framework agreement.

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