Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Satellite Applications Catapult
Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QR, UK
Didcot
OX11 0QR
UK
Contact person: Procurement
E-mail: Procurement@sa.catapult.org.uk
NUTS: UKJ
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://sa.catapult.org.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: RTO
I.5) Main activity
Other: Space
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Open Radio Access Network O-RAN Solution
Reference number: SAC-24-026
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This procurement exercise is to procure Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) solutions for the MarK project. Advanced Radio in Milton Keynes (MarK) is a project supported by the Open Networks Ecosystem (ONE) Competition under the UK government's Open Networks Research and Development (R&D) Fund. The initiative promotes open and interoperable technology development, mainly in telecoms.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
OPEN ORAN CU
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The bidder shall provide information on the Open RAN Centralized Unit (CU) product with a maturity of at least
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7-9.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Lot 1 OPEN ORAN CU Proposal
/ Weighting: 45
Quality criterion: Service and Integration
/ Weighting: 15
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This lot has not been awarded
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
OPEN ORAN DU
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The bidder shall provide information on the Open RAN Distributed Unit (DU) product with a maturity of at least
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7-9.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: OPEN ORAN DU
/ Weighting: 45
Quality criterion: Service and Integration
/ Weighting: 15
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This lot has not been awarded
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
OPEN ORAN RIC
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The bidder shall provide information on the Open RAN Centralized Unit (RIC) product with a maturity of at least
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5-7
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: OPEN ORAN RIC
/ Weighting: 45
Quality criterion: Service and Integration
/ Weighting: 15
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
This lot has not been awarded
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-000307
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: All Lots 1-3
Contract No: SAC-24-026
Title: Open Radio Access Network Solution
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
No lots have been awarded
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Board
London
UK
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/05/2024