The Crown Commercial Service has signed up 15 suppliers in the awards of the first two lots under the new Network Services 3 procurement framework for the public sector.
It has published the contract award notice for lots 1c and 1d, citing the value of the agreements at up to £627 million if it runs to its full length of four years.
This marks the first tranche of contract awards for a framework that covers a wide range of communication services and technologies, including connectivity to cloud based data and applications, radio and satellite networking and internet of things solutions.
They will provide access to tactical radio communications systems, utilising line of sight, C,S ad L band, ultra-high and very high frequency and include personal, manpack and platform radio systems.
This extends through design to built to support and maintenance, the supply of radio systems assembly and supporting ancillary equipment, and system verification, acceptance, test and evaluation.
Critical domain services
Two companies, Nominet and Central Nic, have won places on lot 1d for critical domain services, which provide access to domain registry services to operation and manage nationally critical public sector domains.
This includes the provision and operation of a technical infrastructure for an unnamed online platform said to be of national importance.
CCS has indicated that awards for the remaining lots are due to be made by the middle of next month.
