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PS23320 - Evaluation of Shared Rural Network
Authority: BEIS
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000)
Published contract value£581,863VAT basis not stated
Contract ends 31 Mar 2028
Awarded to IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD
Contract starts 29 Nov 2023
What is being bought
Published requirement description***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****
This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS.
Brief Description of Requirement
This tender outlines details of the desired research and evaluation work to assess the impacts of the Shared Rural Network (SRN). The main objectives of the SRN are:
- To deliver 4G mobile coverage to at least 95% of the UK landmass by the end of 2025
- To deliver additional 4G mobile coverage to at least 280,000 premises and 16,000km of roads by the end of programme.
The Shared Rural Network will see each of the four mobile network operators share infrastructure in order to achieve 88% geographical coverage by June 2024 and 90% geographical coverage by January 2027.
Published procurement details
- Dynamic purchasing system cited in notice
- Research & Insights · RM6126
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Buyer reference
- tender_384190/1289928
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Tender contract period: Start date
- Tender contract period: End date
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision6 Nov 2023
- Contract starts29 Nov 2023
- Notice published4 Dec 2023
- Contract ends31 Mar 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- BEISContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTDSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-29a9f66b-b17d-4b7c-8894-b26b21c7f31b-2023-12-04T14:51:27Z
- Published
- 4 Dec 2023
- Latest update
- 4 Dec 2023
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-29a9f66b-b17d-4b7c-8894-b26b21c7f31b
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-29a9f66b-b17d-4b7c-8894-b26b21c7f31b-1