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Published 25 Jun 2025, 10:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Time Sensitive Networking Training

Official notice

Authority: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£15,810published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to GE Aviation Systems Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Training on the (TSN) protocol is required to enable its use and analysis on a recently delivered system. Dstl has no internal experience or training material on this contemporary networking protocol.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
80500000 Training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 Jun 2025, 10:52 BST
Last source update
25 Jun 2025, 10:52 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034977
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05532e Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Urgency
Published justification

The training is on a unique experimental research rig implementing the draft TSN 802.1DP and only available from GE who developed the rig which itself was a single source purchase.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    25 Jun 2025, 10:52 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £15,8101 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GE Aviation Systems Limited1 Aug 2025 – 31 Dec 2025£15,810—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDDM-1961-MTLN Porton Down, Salisbury, South West, SP4 0JQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • GE Aviation Systems LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 745917 Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, South West, GL52 8SFContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender