Emergency Services Network (ESN) End User Devices

The procurement will contract for commercially available off‑the‑shelf (COTS) mobile communication devices to be developed by successful suppliers to meet ESN technical, security and public safety requirements, in order to achieve ESN certification.
Individual contracts will be awarded for each device selected. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Bidder is awarded multiple contracts, a separate contract will have to be signed for each individual device.
The Authority intends to award contracts to suppliers in order to maximise choice and operational resilience. The maximum numbers of contracts to be awarded in each lot are as follows:
Lot 1 – 5
Lot 2 – 2
Lot 3 – 2
Lot 4 - 4
The award of contracts is also subject to the following rules:
1. For Lots 1 and 4, the Authority will, as default, award only four and three contracts respectively. However, the Authority requires one or more dual mode devices (ESN plus Tetra DMO) in each lot in addition to devices solely for use on the ESN. If the leading four bids making up the target number of contracts by Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) score do not include a bid for a dual mode device, the Authority may award a fifth contract to a supplier offering a dual mode device based on the highest MAT score for that device.
2. Where a Bidder is relying on a sub-contractor to fulfil its contractual obligations and more than one bid is submitted based on the same device and/or sub-contractor under these conditions, the Authority reserves the right to award a contract only to the Bidder achieving the highest MAT score.
If this rule is invoked by the Authority and the MAT rankings of the relevant bidders under the rule are above that of the lowest ranking Bidder awarded a contract, the Authority reserves the right to award a contract to the Bidder or Bidders with the highest MAT ranking or rankings immediately below that of the lowest ranking successful bidder. However, the Authority is not obligated to do so.
For example, if four...