NSSL Continuation of satellite airtime service to BFMC Cutters and CPVs
What the buyer wrote
Each cutter’s GMDSS suite is dependent on subscription-based satellite airtime to function. The currently installed equipment is fully integrated into the vessels’ systems and operates exclusively on the Inmarsat network, for which NSSL Global is the current and original supplier. These systems were installed during vessel construction under a Crown Commercial Service (CCS) contract previously held by HMRC and subsequently novated to the Home Office. The same standardised systems and supplier (NSSL Global) were used when the Cutter Patrol Vessels (CPVs) were later procured. As a result, NSSL Global remains the only provider capable of ensuring continued, uninterrupted service on the existing…
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- What the buyer calls it
- NSSL Continuation of satellite airtime service to BFMC Cutters and CPVs
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Where
- in London
Who the buyer named
Steven Ho was the named contact on this notice.