Lot 1
No lot description published.
Buyer: Ofcom →
Ofcom are keen to speak with companies that may be able to provide a large parabolic Ku/Ka band dish. This preliminary market engagement is to support Ofcom to understand the market, costs, implementation considerations, timescales and risks associated with this type of solution to support building a business case. More details are available at https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/
No lot description published.
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satellite dishes | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 32. The category anchor is Satellite dishes (32532000); 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 set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 32 | 641 | 2 median · 37.5 average (169 of 641 with a bid count) | 3.4 average (185 of 641 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 1 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 59 | Not published | Not published | 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.
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.
| Milestone | Type | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| We have set out a series of questions in a questionnaire which we invite interested organisations to respond to. The questionnaire is available via our eSourcing portal - https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/. Log-in and navigate to 'pqq_91 - Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band'. To access the questionnaire organisations must be registered as a supplier on our eSourcing portal. To register visit https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click on 'Register here'. Registration should take no longer than 10 minutes. The deadline for submitting the responses to the questionnaire is 12 noon on 30th Setpember 2025. These should also be submitted via the Ofcom eSourcing portal. Following receipt of responses to the questionnaire, Ofcom may invite some or all of the suppliers who respond for discussions with Ofcom’s Project Team. This will include an outline of the respondee’s solution, followed by a questions and answers session. Meetings will be held using MS Teams and are likely to be held week commencing 20th October 2025. All communication will be via the Ofcom eSourcing portal – https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/. | engagement | 30 Sept 2025 | scheduled |
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-055f38 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 053066-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue Sep 02 2025 09:57:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | planning |
| Procurement method | Not published |
| Procurement method details | Not published |
| Main procurement category | goods |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £2,000,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sept 2025 | planningUpdate | 053066-2025 |
| 2 Sept 2025 | planningUpdate | 053064-2025 |
| 2 Sept 2025 | planningUpdate | 053058-2025 |
| 15 Jul 2025 | planning | 039886-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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"description": "We have set out a series of questions in a questionnaire which we invite interested organisations to respond to.\nThe questionnaire is available via our eSourcing portal - https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/. Log-in and navigate to 'pqq_87 - Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band'.\nTo access the questionnaire organisations must be registered as a supplier on our eSourcing portal. To register visit https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click on 'Register here'. Registration should take no longer than 10 minutes.\nThe deadline for submitting the responses to the questionnaire is 12 noon on 5th August 2025. These should also be submitted via the Ofcom eSourcing portal.\nFollowing receipt of responses to the questionnaire, Ofcom may invite some or all of the suppliers who respond for discussions with Ofcom’s Project Team. This will include an outline of the respondee’s solution, followed by a questions and answers session.\nMeetings will be held using MS Teams and are likely to be held week commencing 25th August 2025. \nAll communication will be via the Ofcom eSourcing portal – https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/."
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"initiationType": "tender"
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