Award · Switzerland
Direct award: 3rd-level support for Tactilon (Airbus DS SLC)
Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS, Geschäftsbereich Ressourcen / Fachbereich Beschaffung · published 06 May 2026 · · Source ↗
Deadline—
Budget / value€6.0m
awarded price (incl. VAT as published): CHF 5,670,043, converted at 1.05 EUR/CHF (rate approximate)
Statusawarded
CPV72000000
Why it matters
Direct award to the OEM confirms Airbus DS SLC's lock on Tactilon core support, while the surrounding service layers (1st/2nd level, operations) are competitively tendered — that is where non-incumbents can enter. Relevant to secure-comms/TETRA integrators and IT service SMEs serving Swiss blue-light and civil-protection networks.
Do this: Track BABS' BIAS and network/ICT service tenders on simap.ch for the next renewal of 1st/2nd-level support, and position as a subcontractor to ELCA or Eviden meanwhile.
Route: subcontract to prime · For: Established SME suppliers & subsystem makers
The Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (BABS) directly awarded 3rd-level support for the Tactilon® system (Polycom/TETRA dispatch software) to Airbus DS SLC (France) for CHF 5,670,043 incl. VAT (~EUR 5.95m), awarded 4 May 2026. Tactilon v4.0 went live on 1 June 2025; 2nd-l…
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· Norway
· deadline 18 Sep 2026 (32d)
· €516.0m
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· Poland
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· Romania
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· Netherlands
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Source: simap.ch — Swiss public procurement platform (public API), publication 36156-01; the linked project page needs JavaScript. Enrichment: anthropic/claude-opus-5 (confidence 90%).