Official UK procurement notice
Smart Sound Connect Centralised Management
Authority: Plymouth City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo appoint a suitably experienced and qualified supplier to provide centralised management of Smart Sound Connect, a high throughput, low latency 4/5G Mobile private network to cover Plymouth Sound area, supporting marine trials of multiple use cases across marine autonomous vessels and marine research
PML Applications have already been appointed under an existing contract to provide full end-to-end design, implementation and management of the Smart Sound Connect 4G/5G and high speed mesh networks at a value of £145,000.
It is proposed under this VEAT Notice that this contract is extended to include responsibility for the full management and support for the contracted 27 use cases at a value of £85,000
Contract to run until 31st December 2023 with 5 year equipment legacy requirements
CPV: Data network management and support services · Marine services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Negotiated procedure without prior publication in accordance with Regulation 32 (2)…
Negotiated procedure without prior publication in accordance with Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) –
negotiated procedure without prior publication of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Contract duration: Until 31st December 2023 with 5 year equipment legacy requirements
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
- Last source update
- 9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
- Authority reference
21615- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011999- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03357cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The Smart Sound Connect project is a unique and ambitious undertaking, led by Plymouth City Council (PCC). To successfully develop and run a solution in this marine and military environment has resulted in a unique and specialised set of technical requirements.
The solution will leverage Smart Sound Plymouth, the City’s advanced marine testbed. This is managed by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML). Given this is the case, PML are the designated management partner and are therefore engaged to carry out the required centralised management to ensure de-confliction of activities and the delivery of the agreed targets with the funder over the 12 month duration of the programme.
The programme is required to deliver use cases over the duration of the project. Given the need to access Smart Sound Plymouth assets to do this, PML are the only entity that can provide the complete management of the testing platform
PML Applications have already been appointed under an existing contract to provide full end-to-end design, implementation and management of the Smart Sound Connect 4G/5G and high speed mesh networks and as such are the only supplier who can provide the additional requirement to fully manage and support the contracted 27 use cases.
- Review procedure
Plymouth City Council is adhering to a 10 calendar day standstill period in accordance with
Regulation 99-(3)(C) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This standstill period will
commence the day after the date on which this voluntary transparency notice is published in FTS.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PML Applications LimitedSME | £230,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 011999-2022-21615-1 · PML Applications LimitedSME
- Signed
- 9 May 2022
- Value
- £230,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PML Applications LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.