River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region Mobile Connectivity Facility

The River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) aims to encourage the adoption of advanced wireless technologies by businesses and organisations in the catchment area of the River Severn.

Hartpury University has been awarded funding by the RSPAWIR to deliver a Roadshow programme capable of demonstrating a variety of wireless Agri-tech use cases in a range of locations throughout the River Severn Catchment area, principally at local agricultural shows across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Powys, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

In order to facilitate this, a Mobile Connectivity Facility is required which can utilise satellite backhaul wherever it is located and can provide various forms of connectivity to devices (procured separately) that demonstrate a range of applications.

While not on the road, and primarily beyond September 2024, this facility will be located at Hartpury University's Digital Innovation Farm where it should be capable of connecting to the fixed broadband service and providing wireless connectivity to a wide variety of devices on the farm.

There is an extremely tight timescale for the project to become operational and consequently, Hartpury University is keen to receive bids from suppliers who are either able to supply the facility out-right, in as short a timeframe as possible or, where lead times may be relatively long, to loan equipment of equivalent specification in advance of providing a new facility.