Multi Agency Incident Transfer (MAIT)

Description

Following recommendations from the Grenfell Inquiry, the Fire Sector are seeking a supplier to provide connections to a Multi Agency Incident Transfer (MAIT) hub, with a messaging solution to allow the sharing of critical incident information between blue light control rooms. The resultant contract shall provide for both installations of the connections to the MAIT hub and spoke solution for all 33 English Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) Control Rooms. Please note, this is not for hardware, but for the MAIT service itself. Potential suppliers shall be expected to have knowledge and experience of the MAIT protocols and have either developed or be developing potential MAIT solutions for the emergency services. Please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-standards-for-government/multi-agency-incident-transfer for further information on this. Kent Fire and Rescue Service are leading on this activity via the NFCC Procurement hub on behalf of the Fire Sector. The commercial model is expected to be a single supplier framework for all FRS's to call off upon.