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Smart Sound Connect Centralised Management

Data network management and support services
Marine services
South West (UKK41)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Plymouth City Council: "Smart Sound Connect Centralised Management". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityPlymouth City CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Plymouth City Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
5.5Bids / Report
7.7% of reports have one bid
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 15 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityPlymouth City Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
Last source update9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationData network management and support services, Marine services
Delivery area
South West (UKK41)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03357c
What is being bought
To 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
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    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
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    9 May 2022, 14:32 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 May 2022, 00:00 BST · £230,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
PML Applications Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£230,000 · signed 9 May 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Plymouth City Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-4175
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  • Plymouth City Council
    buyer

    Ballard House, West Hoe Road, Plymouth, UKK41, PL1 3BJ
    procurement@plymouth.gov.uk
    +44 1752307967

  • High Court of England and Wales
    reviewBody

    City of Westminster, London, SW1P 3BD

  • PML Applications Limited
    supplier

    Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, UKK41, PL1 3DH
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe 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.