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Frequency Offset Generators

Buyer: National Physical Laboratory →

BuyerNational Physical Laboratory
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published14 Mar 2024

What is being bought

Provision of up to 12 Frequency Offset Generators to be used in RETSI at Sites 3 & 4, and for the provision of spares to support all sites.

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 38000000

Lot details

Lot 1

Provision of up to 12 Frequency Offset Generators to be used in RETSI at Sites 3 & 4, and for the provision of spares to support all sites.

Award criteria
Technical — 80
Commercial — 20

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 382,9922 median · 12 average (1,388 of 2,992 with a bid count)2.6 average (1,588 of 2,992 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer822 median · 3.6 average (14 of 82 with a bid count)1 average (43 of 82 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK7803 median · 35.4 average (296 of 780 with a bid count)5.1 average (359 of 780 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNPL requires a number of high-performance frequency offset generators under the National Timing Centre programme, one for use with each active hydrogen maser that will be purchased through the programme. The frequency offset generator required should accept a reference sine wave signal at 10 MHz or 100 MHz, and generate similar output signals with a programmable fractional frequency offset from the input signal at 10 MHz and 100 MHz. A TTL output signal at 1 PPS is also highly desirable. A minimum of two outputs should be available for each signal type, and five would be preferred. The primary performance requirement is that the output signals from the frequency offset generator should (as far as possible) not add any noise to the input signal. In other words, the phase noise of the output signals between 1 Hz and 10 kHz should match that of the signals produced by an active hydrogen maser with high-quality local oscillator (low phase noise option). Similarly, the instability of the output signals at averaging times from 1 s to 1 day should be no greater than the instability of the signals generated at that frequency by an active hydrogen maser. The only commercially-available frequency offset generator identified by NPL that meets the requirements specified above is the model EOG-2020 produced by SKK Electronics. A number of the units are already in use within the current NTC R&D programme, the same model should be used for continuity and seamless system integration – selection of a different unit type would create significant work to update baselined design documents and written software.
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

008194-2024-1

Statusactive
Value£600,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04489b
Latest release ID008194-2024
Latest release timestampThu Mar 14 2024 13:57:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 Mar 2024award, contract008194-2024

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
14 Mar 2024 · 008194-2024 · award, contract
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