Tender Details

Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Vehicle Connectivity Request for Information 2
GBT Ref No: 113151674
Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Government
Tender Value: Refer Document
Notice Type: Tender
Document Ref. No.: IT-555-45-JPS1846
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Description:
BACKGROUND TO THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
Surrey and Sussex Police currently connect approximately 500 vehicles to our Force datacentres using a third-party private APN. The number of vehicles connected is continuing to grow in line with business needs.
The solution, whilst reliable, does not provide the levels of flexibility we would like to make best use of available technology and connectivity paths.
We are therefore exploring alternative vendor offerings that will not only allow traffic to be securely transferred to and from our datacentres but also connect to cloud-hosted SaaS solutions through localised in-vehicle Internet breakout.

CURRENT SITUATION
The Force currently uses unmanaged routers within the vehicles, connecting services back to our datacentres over a private-APN. The Force would like to maximise productivity and connectivity options from the vehicles, creating a secure office on wheels work environment that can benefit operational policing.

The existing private APN enables ANPR reads to be sent to our datacentres as well as lookups of data from national systems. A single provider SIM within the router provides the cellular connectivity to the mobile provider edge, before handing off to IPsec tunnels to protect the data from provider edge, into our datacentres.

All traffic needs to traverse the APN, and there is no way to securely send data outside of the APN to ...
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Vehicle Connectivity Request for Information 2 - Greatbritain Tender

The SUSSEX POLICE, a Government sector organization in United Kingdom, has announced a new tender for Vehicle Connectivity Request for Information 2. This tender is published on GreatbritainTenders under GBT Ref No: 113151674 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2025-01-31.

The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.