Broadcast of the Time From NPL

Official notice

Authority: National Physical Laboratory

Services

Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 31 Mar 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Broadcast of the Time From NPL (formerly MSF 60kHz Standard Frequency & Time Service)

The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is for a contractor to provider, operate and maintain all equipment required to generate and transmit continuously the MSF signal at a carrier frequency of 60kHz.

The effective radiated power of the signal shall be sufficient to provide a minimum field strength of 100 μV/m at a distance of 1000 km from the transmitter, and over the whole of the mainland UK.

The Contractor shall provide at least two frequency standards able to maintain the carrier frequency at 60 kHz to within 2 parts in 10 to the power 12 over a period of 30 days without dependence on off-air reception of any signal, and shall provide the equipment required to generate and to monitor the correct time and date code at the Transmission Station.

CPV: Postal and telecommunications services · Telecommunications services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Delivery: UK · The National Physical Laboratory

64200000 Telecommunications services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update: 26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Authority reference: Broadcast of the Time From NPL
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-002361
Classification (CPV): Postal and telecommunications servicesTelecommunications services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030fd2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Broadcast of the Time From NPL (formerly MSF 60kHz Standard Frequency & Time Service) The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is for a contractor to provider, operate and maintain all equipment required to generate and transmit continuously the MSF signal at a carrier frequency of 60kHz. The effective radiated power of the signal shall be sufficient to provide a minimum field strength of 100 μV/m at a distance of 1000 km from the transmitter, and over the whole of the mainland UK. The Contractor shall provide at least two frequency standards able to maintain the carrier frequency at 60 kHz to within 2 parts in 10 to the power 12 over a period of 30 days without dependence on off-air reception of any signal, and shall provide the equipment required to generate and to monitor the correct time and date code at the Transmission Station.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

26 Jan 2022 → 31 Mar 2022 · 2 dates

Notice published
26 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Tender notice expected
31 Mar 2022, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Physical Laboratory

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawUK's National Measurement Institute Hampton Road, Teddington, UK, TW11 0LWContact email

Official documents & specifications

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