DHSC: ARP: CRS Testing Service

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Pre-market engagement N/A Work done so far ARP have rolled out this solution so far to Isle of Wight and Wales, the testing service is required to support the rollout to the other Ambulance Trusts in England and Scotland. There is an incumbent supplier. Which phase the project is in Beta Existing team The supplier will be working with the testing team and the implementation team. Address where the work will be done Ambulance Radio Programme Building 1, BBIC, Innovation Way, Wilthorpe, Barnsley, S75 1JL Working arrangements The supplier staff will be provided to work for 183 days (10 months) from the ARP Barnsley office, on a full-time/daily basis. Provide more information about your security requirements: No security clearance needed Latest start date 2023-06-19 Enter the expected contract length: 10 months Extension period: 5 months Special terms and conditions The supplier staff will be provided to work from the ARP Barnsley office on a full-time/daily basis Write the term or acronym: ARP Write the term or acronym: DHSC Write the term or acronym: CRS Write the term or acronym: MDVS Write the term or acronym: TETRA Write the term or acronym: ICCS Write the term or acronym: BAU Explain the term or acronym: Ambulance Radio Programme Explain the term or acronym: Department of Health & Social Care Explain the term or acronym: Control Room Solution Explain the term or acronym: Mobile Data Vehicle Solution Explain the term or acronym: Terrestrial Trunked Radio is a global Land Mobile Radio (LMR) open standard for digital trunked radio technology. The standard was developed by public safety and two-way radio industry experts together with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to ensure TETRA portable / handheld, mobile / vehicle-mounted and fixed-base devices, as well as the network infrastructure, provide secure, reliable and instant voice and data communications in mission critical, operations critical and business critical environments. Explain the term or acronym: Integrated Communication & Control System Explain the term or acronym: Business as Usual Are you prepared to show your budget details?: Yes Indicative maximum: 110004 Confirm if you require a contracted out service or supply of resource Supply of resource: the off-payroll rules may apply Summary of work ARP require a supplier who can provide the skills to test the implementation of the new Control Room Solution (CRS) in Ambulance Trusts. Where the supplied staff will work Yorkshire and the Humber Who the organisation using the products or services is The Ambulance Radio Programme will be using the services Why the work is being done The Department of Health and Social Case (DHSC), via the Ambulance Radio Programme (ARP), has an objective of introducing a new array of services in support of Ambulance Trust mission critical operations. The Ambulance Radio Programme (ARP) delivers radio based mobile communications services to all English Ambulance Trusts. The services have a minimum life of ten years. The Services include: • Voice and data communications via the Airwave radio network. • Fixed, vehicle mounted and hand-held radio terminals. • Integrated Communication and Control System (ICCS) • Mobile data solutions. • The integration of all the elements above into an end-to-end managed service. The end-to-end scope of the ARP disaggregated model that is replacing the legacy Airwave contract. Currently, these services are provided under an integrated end-to-end commercial arrangement with Airwave Solutions Ltd (owned by Motorola), which has been in place since 2005. ARP is providing a replacement, through the CRS (Control Room Solution) and MDVS (Mobile Data Vehicle Solution) Programmes, through a disaggregated/modular operating model, in which ARP will act as a Service Integrator to both Ambulance Trusts and Air Ambulance Charities. The business problem you need to solve Testing the new control room solution (CRS) before it goes live in a Blue Light Service. First user type: Ambulance Trusts Enter more details about this user type: The users of this system will be ambulance staff in control rooms in all Ambulance Trusts in England, Wales and Scotland.