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Published 9 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NAVTEX (NAVigational TELeX) Managed Service

Official notice

Authority: Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£158,064published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 8 Mar 2022no call for competition
Awarded to I.C.S. ELECTRONICS LIMITED2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Direct award for the managed service of NAVTEX, including Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and NAVTEX Cloud, to the incumbent supplier of these services for 12 months. The MCA's intention is for a competitive process to take place during 2022 for the next managed service contract.

CPV: Computer-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provision of a fully managed service for NAVigational TELeX (NAVTEX), Digital…Awarded

Provision of a fully managed service for NAVigational TELeX (NAVTEX), Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and NAVTEX Cloud.

NAVTEX:

The provision of NAVTEX software to continue MCAs commitment for the transmission of all NAVTEX Data.

A fully managed service with 99.999% availability 24x7x365.

A maintenance provision for the repair and replacement of NAVTEX modems.

DSC:

The provision of DSC hardware and software to continue the MCAs commitment for the monitoring of all DSC transmissions.

A fully managed service with 99.999% availability 24x7x365

A maintenance provision for the repair and replacement of DSC modems

NAVTEX Cloud:

The cloud based NAVTEX transmission and monitoring service ensures that the MCA remains compliant with the audit requirements placed on them by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in relation to NAVTEX information and navigational safety warnings in UK waters.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
22 Apr 2022, 21:47 BST
Authority reference
TCA 3/7/1213
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010532
Classification (CPV)
Computer-related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031575 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

All operational Coastguards (approximately 350 staff) would require training on new software, which cannot be accommodated at this time. This new contract will replace existing contracts for NAVTEX, DSC and NAVTEX Cloud with a new fully managed service contract, utilising the existing software provided by the incumbent supplier (ICS) for a 12 month period from 1 April 2022. It is MCA’s intention to run a competitive procedure in 2022, including training requirements, for the next incarnation of the NAVTEX managed service. This will allow for HM Coastguard to plan to support the necessary training requirements.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    22 Apr 2022, 21:47 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £158,0641 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 8 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
I.C.S. ELECTRONICS LIMITEDSMENAVTEX Managed ServiceSubcontracting: declared——Awarded
I.C.S. ELECTRONICS LIMITEDSME£158,064 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids——£158,064 – £158,064

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawMaritime policy, search and rescue Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton, UKContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.