Official UK procurement notice
Shared Rural Network Total Not Spots - Transmission
Authority: DIGITAL MOBILE SPECTRUM LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Prior Information Notice is to notify the market that the Shared Rural Network programme for Total Not Spots plans to enter into a pre-market engagement exercise with potential suppliers for the provision of Transmission and Backhaul to / from telecoms mast base station sites, to assist DMSL and the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in developing their procurement strategy for the supply of these elements and to help inform the technical and service elements to support that strategy.
CPV: Construction and ancillary works for telephone and communication lines · Data transmission services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This Prior Information Notice is to notify the market that the Shared Rural Network…Planned
This Prior Information Notice is to notify the market that the Shared Rural Network Programme (SRN) plans to enter into a market engagement exercise to discuss its potential requirements with potential suppliers in the market of provision of services and products for Transmission and Backhaul to / from telecoms mast base station sites to assist DMSL and the MNOs in developing their procurement strategy for the supply of these elements and to help inform the technical and service elements to support that strategy.
The market engagement exercise does not form part of the potential procurement process or obligate DMSL or the MNOs into forming a commercial strategy in a particular form.
The total not spots (TNS) element of SRN will use public funds to build new mobile sites offering 4G services from all UK mobile operators. These sites will deliver mobile coverage to areas of the UK that currently have no 4G coverage from any operator (Total Not Spots).
DMSL is managing this RFI on behalf of the UK Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). Additional information: Additional information on the Authority and SRN can be found at srn.org.uk ↗
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
- 5 May 2021, 13:19 BST
- Last source update
- 5 May 2021, 13:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009693- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ad4eFind a Tender
Publisher note: Expressions of interest to participate in this market engagement activity should be made online at https://award.bravosolution.co.uk/srn/web/project/6f66ad2b-188d-48b3-9041-6e99729b8d59/register Instructions on how to register your interest on the procurement portal can be found here https://srn.org.uk/procurement-portal-guidance . If, and only if, you have any difficulties registering or accessing the NDA and other documents then please contact DMSL by email on [email protected] Following receipt of an expression of interest, the interested bidder will be able to download a Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) to sign and respond by uploading the Procurement portal. Once the NDA has been signed and verified by DMSL, the supplier will be provided with an RFI via the portal.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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- Participation fee
- document
Timeline
5 May 2021 → 7 May 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published5 May 2021, 13:19 BST
- Tender notice expected7 May 2021, 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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.