Emergency Location Information Service (ELIS) System Location-Based Service (LBS) Solution

Tender summary

Next Generation Critical Communications, https://ngcc.govt.nz manages New Zealand’s Emergency Location Information System (ELIS), which provides emergency service providers (ESPs) with location information when an emergency call is made from any mobile phone connected to a New Zealand (NZ) mobile cellular network. NGCC is transitioning the ELIS from a private cloud environment to the Microsoft Azure (Azure) public cloud. The purpose of this RFP is to gather technical, functional, and commercial information to evaluate supplier capabilities and alignment with our requirements for a Location-Based Service (LBS) solution running in Azure. We are interested in a value-for-money solution that supports both control plane and user plane services and complies with the relevant 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards - aligns with 3GPP, Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), as well as addresses use cases such as emergency services, commercial applications, and sensor-based services, to support an evolving public safety and commercial value strategy. If you are a vendor who provides Location Based Service solutions and are interested in responding to this Request for Proposal, please contact NGCCProcurement@police.govt.nz for the Request for Proposal document and response forms.

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• Issued by New Zealand Police.
• Located in New Zealand.
• Deadline listed as 25 May 2026.
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