The provision of LTE mobile handheld devices, their accessories and intrinsically safe LTE mobile handheld devices for use on the Emergency Services Network (ESN) under a framework agreement that can be used by the police, fire, ambulance and other non-Home Office Police services and other organisations that currently utilise TETRA devices.

The Authority is undertaking a tender exercise to appoint suitably capable and experienced providers of LTE Handheld Mobile Devices and Accessories. Due to the need for ESN Devices to operate using the Release 12 QoS Class Identifier (QCI) (incorporating public safety features) to enable them to be fully capable of operating on the new ESN LTE network and meeting user requirements, this opportunity is restricted to those suppliers who are able to demonstrate their capability and experience to provide devices of the type required by this procurement to deliver the LTE Mobile Handheld Devices and accessories.

Devices that will be supplied resulting from this procurement will need to have achieved Network Approval Testing Service (NATS) and User Device Type Approval Service (UDTAS) accreditation as part of the requirements to utilise LTE Mobile Handheld Devices on the ESN network.

The awarded contract(s) will be for a duration of 36 months plus the option for the Authority to extend for a period(s) up to a maximum of 12 months and will supply:

The procurement covers:

— LTE Mobile Handheld Devices for Operational Trials (‘Trials’) — LTE Mobile Handheld Devices that meet the requirements contained within Schedule 2.1 of the ITT that utilises frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). Timing for these devices is that they should achieve NATS and UDTAS accreditation and be supplied by a target date of April 2018 and no later than June 2018 in quantity of between 500, 750 and 1 500 units based on number of suppliers awarded contracts to be on the Framework Agreement. The order for the Trial devices will be made by the Authority under the terms of the Framework Agreement.

— LTE Mobile Handheld Devices available on the Framework Agreement — LTE Mobile Handheld Devices that meets the requirements contained within the Schedule 2.1 of the Draft Contract contained within the ITT that utilises FDD and TDD. Suppliers that are awarded contracts on the Framework Agreement will be able to supply their LTE Mobile Handheld Devices under the Call Off arrangements from the point that the devices complete Trials, and therefore must have completed NATS and UDTAS accreditation, and be available for procurement in large quantity of up to a total to be supplied over the term of the contract of 250 000 units from June 2018. Orders will be made by UOs during the term of the Framework Agreement to suppliers awarded contracts on the framework contract and subject to the Call Off Procedure in the Framework Agreement.

— Accessories — the supply of accessories that are to be used with the LTE mobile handheld devices for the Trials and to be called off during the term of the Framework Agreement to be supplied by the Potential Supplier.

— Intrinsically Safe LTE Mobile Handheld Devices — A variant of the LTE Handheld Device that is intrinsically safe is to be provided by one of the Suppliers under the Framework Agreement period (determined through the evaluation as detailed in the ITT). The LTE Handheld Device is to be certified to Zone 1 of the ATEX DIRECTIVE 2014/34/EU or later version or equivalent. A total of 3,000 Intrinsically Safe LTE Mobile Handheld Devices will be required during the term of the Framework Agreement period (specification contained withing Schedule 2.1 of the Draft Contract included in the ITT). These devices will need to be available for supply under Call Off arrangements by June 2018. Only one Supplier on the Framework Agreement will provide these devices.