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5G Mobile Private Network - PIN for Pre-procurement market engagement

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Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Digital Catapult: "5G Mobile Private Network - PIN for Pre-procurement market engagement". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDigital CatapultScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 7 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDigital Catapult
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published13 Jun 2022, 08:55 BST
Last source update13 Jun 2022, 08:55 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNetworks
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-034579
What is being bought
The purpose of this PIN is to advise all interested suppliers of Digital Catapult's intention of a future procurement for 5G Mobile Private Network. Digital Catapult has entered into a 5 year project with other 7 partners to deploy a private 5G network and run a technology and innovation acceleration programme in Northern Ireland. This pre-market engagement and the potential future procurement process specifically relates to a turnkey solution and support until Nov 2026 (or until end of the program) for 5G Mobile Private Network (5G MPN) at two adjacent sites located in Northern Ireland. Through this pre-market engagement process, Digital Catapult seeks to understand the turnkey solutions readily available in the marketplace to meet its current requirements; potential issues and limitations; realistic timescales for the service provision and delivery at Northern Ireland; clear R17 upgrade roadmap. Our intention is to procure a single contractor capable of meeting all our requirements, and a future procurement exercise shall be run in the next months under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This pre-market engagement will help us to better understand the market and to help with specification and tender documentation development for our future tender. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is issued solely for the purpose of conducting supplier pre-market engagement. Interested parties will not be prejudiced or advantaged by any response to this document, to the PIN, or by questions raised or lack thereof to them, or attendance to the supplier pre-market engagement event. This PIN does not constitute a call for competition.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planned
    13 Jun 2022, 08:55 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    13 Jun 2022, 08:55 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    13 Jun 2022, 08:55 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    5G Mobile Private Network (5G MPN) which is based on the 3GPP standards Release 16 and upgradable to Release 17 during the expected four year (or until Nov 2026) lifetime of the project. For the purpose of this pre-market engagement please consider “5G MPN” is a collection of 5G Core (SA), 4G Core (LTE-M and NB-IoT), 5G NG-RAN (gNB) & 4G RAN (eNB), suitable network infrastructure, security and compute. We are looking for a turnkey solution that includes features and functionalities, key advantages, and anticipated enhancements of their 5G Stand Alone (5GSA) and 4G private network solution. To achieve this, we are looking for a solution provider, who shall design and build indoor 5G and 4G MPN (Mobile Private Network) to be deployed at two sites in Northern Ireland. It is expected to be a commercial grade (with a reference of previous deployment) turnkey solution for 5G and 4G MPN. The solution provider should have to supply all the equipment, software and related services, which include but are not limited to physical installation, commissioning, testing and optimization to meet the agreed technical capabilities along with all necessary documentation and training. Our intention is to procure a single contractor capable of meeting all our requirements, and a future procurement exercise shall be run in the next months under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Additional information: Full details in regard to this PIN and the planned pre-market engagement can be found on the additional document attached to the PIN notice on www.mytenders.co.uk Interested Suppliers can register their interest, access the document and also ask questions by accessing the PIN notice at www.mytenders.co.uk
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    13 Jun 2022, 08:55 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
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Digital Catapult

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