Official UK procurement notice
ACTF2 - Keysight - GNSS Simulator Support
Authority: Defence Equipment and Support (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Repair & Maintenance (50)Architecture & Engineering (71)+1 more Delivery: UK
Awarded value£400,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Keysight Technologies UK Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a five-year Through Life Support contract for the Keysight GSS9000 GNSS Simulator installed within the Anechoic Chamber Test Facility 2 at MOD Boscombe Down. The contract will be worth approximately £500,000 and will include maintenance and repair, software support and licensing, technical support, calibration and verification, obsolescence management and training support.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
38112100 Global navigation and positioning systems (GPS or equivalent)50312600 Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment71334000 Mechanical and electrical engineering services71336000 Engineering support services72261000 Software support services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Defence & security
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 21:29 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 21:29 BST
- Authority reference
715958503- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077805
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The Authority (the Space Delivery Team within NAD-G) intends to award a contract to Keysight Technologies UK Limited (Keysight) for the provision of Through Life Support (TLS) services for the Keysight GSS9000 GNSS Simulator installed within the Anechoic Chamber Test Facility 2 (ACTF2) at MOD Boscombe Down. The required TLS services include maintenance and repair, software support and licensing, technical support, more…
calibration and verification, obsolescence management and training support. The contract will be awarded by Direct Award under Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023. The Authority considers that the conditions set out in Schedule 5 Paragraph 6 (Technical Reasons) are satisfied because competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative supplier exists. Keysight is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and sole Design Authority for the GSS9000 GNSS Simulator. Keysight alone possesses the technical expertise and engineering knowledge required to service and support the hardware, software, firmware and associated proprietary calibration processes necessary for the operation of the simulator suite and the accurate simulation of GNSS environments. No other economic operator possesses the technical expertise, engineering know-how, specialised OEM diagnostic tools, calibration equipment, proprietary technical data and associated calibration processes required to effectively service and maintain the Keysight GNSS Simulator. As a result, Keysight alone holds the capability necessary to maintain, calibrate, update and support all software, firmware and hardware aspects of the simulator to the standards required to sustain operational integrity and system availability. Accordingly, the Authority considers that only Keysight can provide the required TLS services and that, due to the absence of competition for technical reasons, no reasonable alternative supplier exists.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £400,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keysight Technologies UK Limited11 Jan 2027 — 10 Jan 2032 | £400,000 | — | Standstill |
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Transparency notice published22 Sept 2026, 21:29 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Keysight Technologies UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender