Official UK procurement notice
CM79 - TELEMETRY SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Authority: The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo supply direct solutions of existing equipment, designed and fitted within existing enclosures for TH Buoy, Lighthouse and Lightvessel Communications, including the continued service supply of Iridium communications.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:12 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:39 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095950- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078555Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
Continuation of communication services and existing goods under PA23 Schedule 5 Direct Award Section 7, ‘Additional or repeat goods, services or works’ :
(a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
(b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Oct 2026 → 21 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published9 days ago12 Oct 2026, 10:39 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 1 day21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published12 Oct 2026, 10:12 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published12 Oct 2026, 10:39 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Control Technologies (UK) LimitedSME23 Oct 2026 – 22 Oct 2036 | £631,495 | 12 Oct 2026standstill to 21 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ground Control Technologies UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender