Notice Information
Notice Title
AWE-4G LTE Network and Associated Services
Notice Description
4G LTE Network and Associated Services
Procurement Information
UK MoD, Army Headquarter, by the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) programme intend to award a contract to Kinected Solution Ltd for the provision of a Rugged Private LTE with fully integrated embedded edge compute and embedded mesh backhaul capability. The AWE is the way the Army conducts large-scale Research and Experimentation. Army needs to upgrade its experimental network to support the AWE series by the 1st March 2022. Kinected Solution Ltd is the only known supplier of a Rugged Private LTE with fully integrated embedded edge compute and embedded mesh backhaul capability, which can meet the AWE Urban Series March 2022, 4G LTE technology requirement. DSPCR, Regulation 16 (1) (c) (i) Research and Development (R&D) applies. Any future Army operational capability fulfilment will be subject to a formal competition.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0301cd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031318-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48510000 - Communication software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £466,489 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Dec 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Dec 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- judit.marriott109@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANDOVER
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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