Find a Tender · Forecast
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Command and Control Programme (C2P)
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £70,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 15 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) intends to undertake preliminary market engagement (PME) to consult with suppliers in relation to the MCA’s next generation procurement of its Command and Control Programme (C2P).
The C2P aims to improve resilience, interoperability, situational awareness, and support for maritime incident management, pollution response and front-line search and rescue operations. The MCA’s vision is to create a modern, resilient and insight led capability that harnesses technology, improves decision making, strengthens operational performance, and delivers better outcomes for those we serve.
The MCA’s objectives for the PME are:
• help shape its requirements and specification;
• understand available solutions and potential delivery approaches;
• understand opportunities and innovation opportunities;
• understand perceived risks and constraints;
• alert the market of the upcoming opportunity and provide the likely role and responsibilities of the next generation C2P partner(s);
• develop its approach to the procurement;
• identify suppliers that may be able to deliver the C2P and understand capacity in the market;
• gauge the level of market interest;
• elicit feedback on the MCA’s objectives and programme to assist the MCA to refine its approach.
The MCA reserves the right to amend any of the information contained within any of the PME materials and documents prior to the publication of the Tender Notice and commencement of any procurement process.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48000000
- 48517000
- 48810000
- 72222300
- 72263000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 8 May 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 8 May 2025.
Release 019653-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 24 Mar 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 24 March 2026. Stated change: The description and estimated budget of this notice has been updated.
Release 027062-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 15 Jul 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 15 July 2026. Stated change: The MCA has updated this notice to invite all market participants to complete an Early Market Engagement Questionnaire. Other changes are: The estimated date of the tender notice has been update to reflect programme timelines The participation has been updated to include VCSEs, to maximise potential participation at this discovery stage Additional CPV codes added to attempt to reach as many market participants as possible
Release 066722-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 15 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 087490-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-050e92
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Tue 22 Sep 2026, 08:14 BST
- Read at
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 18:29 BST
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