1 update for 3 sdo workshop 26 th august 2014 emergency services mobile communications programme...
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Update for 3 SDO Workshop
26th August 2014
Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme
OFFICIAL
Programme update
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Milestone Date
Outline Business Case approval April 2014
OJEU and PQQ issued April 2014
ITT issued Summer 2014
Tender return Autumn 2014
Tender evaluation, negotiation and post BAFO evaluation
Winter 2015 to Spring 2015
Full Business Case approval Summer 2015
Contract award Summer 2015
Mobilisation Summer 2015 to Late 2016
Transition starts Early 2017
• Meeting Requirements - Better– Voice and data services with appropriate
levels of security and availability
• Improved Flexibility - Smarter – Users are able to select and pay for only
those features that are required to deliver their services effectively
• More Affordable - Cheaper – Based on publicly available commercial
mobile communications network
– Contracts that can be re-competed more regularly to exploit market forces and take advantage of technological evolution
Programme objectives
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• To gain access to the widest possible market for equipment, particularly devices
• To allow innovation and access to rapidly evolving COTS technologies
• To ensure that the Emergency Services can evolve their working practices in line with consumers and other sectors
• To reduce costs and allow regular re-competition of the service
Why is ESMCP taking a standards based approach?
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• The contracts for the existing TETRA service start to expire from Q4 2016 and transition is expected to take around 2.5 years
• Contract extensions would cost many millions of pounds and extensions beyond 2020 would breach EU procurement law
• Users need more up to date mobile communications and are already using mobile broadband services, but without the required coverage and availability
Why are we going to market before the standards are ready?
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• Global standards to ensure the widest market and equipment ecosystem
• Timely delivery and early visibility of the direction of the standards so suppliers can start developing kit
• Robust standardisation process to ensure multi-vendor interoperability between all solution elements
• Standards that maximise the benefits from the underlying technology
What do we need from the standards?
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• Rapidly agree where and how MCPTT and other public safety features will be standardised
• Ensure that solutions build on existing standards and work already in progress where appropriate
• Ensure widespread industry buy-in for the approach and maximise industry participation, not just traditional public safety suppliers
• Ensure that public safety stays in the mainstream and doesn’t become isolated from developments in the consumer markets
How can industry and standards bodies help us achieve our objectives?
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• Ensure that the standards bodies are open to full participation by representatives of public safety users
• Manage IPR issues effectively• Where possible optimise factors such as:
– Participation costs
– Travelling times
– SDO memberships required, etc
How can industry and standards bodies help us achieve our objectives? (continued)
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