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NEMA’s Emergency Management Sector Operational Systems (EMS-OS) programme

An opportunity to help build a more connected and resilient emergency management system for New Zealand

NEMA is looking to the market for expertise, technology and proven solutions that can help strengthen how New Zealand prepares for, responds to and recovers from emergencies.
Through the EMS-OS programme, we want to improve the systems that enable emergency management organisations to share information, build situational awareness, coordinate their activities, warn and inform the public, and make timely operational decisions.

We recognise that the capability to achieve this exists across a diverse supplier market. Whether your organisation provides an established specialist product, a wider technology platform, data or connectivity services, or the capability to bring complex systems together, we want to understand how your expertise could contribute to better emergency management outcomes for New Zealand.

This ROI is the first stage of an open, competitive multi-step procurement process. Suppliers can register their interest in one or more of the procurement packages and help NEMA understand the solutions, delivery models and integration approaches available in the market.


NEMA will host a supplier briefing via Microsoft Teams to introduce the opportunity and explain the ROI and procurement process. The Microsoft Teams link will be provided on GETS.
We encourage interested suppliers to attend and consider how their technology, services and expertise could help deliver a more connected and resilient emergency management capability for New Zealand.

ROI closes: 5.00 pm, Monday, 23 November 2026