Ubiquitous Connectivity Framework
The Satellite Applications Catapult is seeking to establish a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Dynamic Framework (DF) to support the delivery objectives of our Ubiquitous Connectivity (UC) team. The main objective of the UC team is to deliver on collaborative projects in partnership with consortium members for different types of customers ranging from end-users, industry, government/councils, LEPs etc. The framework is need for the following reasons. Firstly, we recognise that there are some areas of expe...
Buyer
Satellite Applications Catapult
Value
£2,000,000
Published
23 Aug 2023
Closes
12 Dec 2022
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
United Kingdom
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
73000000
Research and development services and related consultancy services
71316000
Telecommunication consultancy services
71318000
Advisory and consultative engineering services
71320000
Engineering design services
71350000
Engineering-related scientific and technical services
71356000
Technical services
73200000
Research and development consultancy services
73210000
Research consultancy services
Lots
Lot 1 Radio Access Network
Value not provided
Engineering design and implementation of RAN solutions (traditional RRU/BBU, OpenRAN) from 3GPP specifications for 5G onwards. This may involve the use of third-party software and hardware using opensource through to known vendors solutions. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluat...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 2 Core Network
Value not provided
Engineering design and implementation of CN solutions for 5G onwards. This may involve the use of third-party software and hardware using opensource through to known vendors solutions. This may involve configuration of specific set of Network Functions (NFs) or the entire NF chain. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 3 Virtualisation Technology
Value not provided
Engineering design and deployment of virtualisation solutions adapted to the need for hosting telecoms platform (Core Network, private cloud, edge compute platforms). This may involve deployment on a wide range of hardware platforms ranging from Cisco UCS to Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) servers . The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 4 IoT
Value not provided
Engineering design, development, and deployment of IoT platform for retrieving, storing and data visualisation. Knowledge on different protocols and topologies used on IoT nodes and their deployment that fit for purpose. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on qual...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 5 Satcom Terminal
Value not provided
Design, implementation, and prototyping of satellite communication terminals. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All information in the published documentation.
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 6 Systems Engineering
Value not provided
Engineering design, implementation, and testing of end-to-end systems at both hardware and middleware level involving sensors, edge platforms, gateways, servers etc. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purp...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 7 Embedded Software Development
Value not provided
Development of software on constrained platforms. This might involve Real-Time OS (RTOS) and bare metal development. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All information in the published docum...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 8 RF
Value not provided
General RF engineering expertise along the RF chain. This may involve work related to 5G TN, 5G Direct NTN, satcom for all bands (including L, S, C, Ka/Ku, D, Q, W). The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purp...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 9 FPGA
Value not provided
Development of software on FPGA platform. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All information in the published documentation.
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 10 PNT
Value not provided
Design and implementation of PNT related solutions. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All information in the published documentation.
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 11 Satellite Telecommunications Payload
Value not provided
Design of payload for communications satellites for NTN. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All information in the published documentation.
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 12 Data Architecture
Value not provided
Design data management system that describes processes used for extracting, transforming, and loading data, ideally on a cloud environment. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All information...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 13 Data Analysis
Value not provided
Design algorithms and predictive models to extract the data the project needs and help development team to implement it, typically by data scientists. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria with pricing supplied for information purposes only. All...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
Lot 14 Solution Architecture
Value not provided
Producing High-Level Design, Low-Level Design, Technical requirements, Functional/Non-Functional requirements, etc from user requirement using systematic industry approach, backed by full traceability matrix. The lot includes provisioning of off-the-shelf hardware and software in this category. Additional information: Evaluation was based on quality criteria...
Delivery: Oxfordshire
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