Notice Information
Notice Title
England's Connected Heartland Framework - PIN Notice for 5G private network managed service along the East West Railway
Notice Description
On behalf of England's Connected Heartland 5G Innovation Region (ECH 5GIR), Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) intends to procure a contract for a single Supplier to install and operate a 5G NR Standalone mobile private network managed service along approximately 30km of the East West Rail line between Bicester and Bletchley. The project aims to deliver high speed mobile connectivity to railway users of all kinds. It aims to improve the commercial sustainability of rail mobile connectivity by providing services from the same infrastructure to trackside neighbours, and to develop the technical and commercial blueprint to extend the model more widely. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is intended to alert potential bidders to the forthcoming procurement procedure and to outline the current view of the requirements. OCC wishes to engage with potential bidders with the expertise, experience, and innovative solutions to design, build and operate a scalable 5G Standalone mobile private network in a railway setting. We invite interested parties to review this notice and consider the opportunity to contribute to a project that promises to enhance rural railway connectivity and set a model for similar networks elsewhere in the UK and beyond.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) concerns the pre-market engagement for Oxfordshire County Council's (OCC) forthcoming procurement of a supplier to provide 5G standalone mobile private network managed services along the East West Rail Line between Bicester and Bletchley for England's Connected Heartland 5G Innovation Region (ECH 5GIR). Co-ordinated by OCC, ECH 5GIR was formed in 2023 to become one of ten regions to successfully bid for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 5GIR funds. ECH 5GIR is a partnership between councils in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, with a long-term vision for driving the use of advanced wireless across the councils' region. The DSIT 5G Innovation Regions (5GIR) programme is a UK Government initiative designed to foster the development and deployment of 5G and advanced wireless technologies across the country. With a funding pool of approximately PS36million, the programme has identified ten regions, including ECH, to become hubs of digital innovation. The DSIT 5G Innovation Regions funding must be spent by 31st March 2025. ECH 5GIR has ambitious plans for its 5G Innovation Region projects. These plans are highlighted in recent press releases regarding the successful award of the funding to Oxfordshire County Council as the representative of England's Connected Heartland. The Supplier will design, build and operate the network over the term of the contract. The Supplier will: * Design and manage the implementation of the 5G Railway project's network, including: o Detailed survey and design of the network to meet the coverage and capacity requirements. o Delivery of the 5G private network infrastructure o Obtain all wayleaves, permissions and licences necessary for the Solution * Maintain and manage the network over the term, including: o Provide a Service Management function to proactively manage the availability of the Solution to agreed service levels, and to provide prompt remedial action in the event of failure. o Maintain and manage the network. o Ensure that the services continue to meet the security, information management and regulatory requirements. * Work with the ECH partners to drive commercial sustainability of the network, including: o Engage service users and drive adoption o Document the delivery model and support its wider replication Additional information: Further information can be obtained from the Council's procurement portal at sebp.due-north.com The Council has some questions for potential bidders which are shown in the ECH 5G Railway PIN Supplier Response template. Potential Bidders are invited to return a completed template to allow the Council to take account of their feedback. An online market information webinar will be held on 29th April 2024. All potential bidders are invited to attend to hear and discuss ECH 5GIR's current procurement plans, to ask questions, and to suggest improvements that could be made to the plans. The Council will provide an opportunity for short 1:1 discussions, so that commercially sensitive topics may be addressed privately. These private sessions will be conducted to the same agenda, with each organisation given equal access time to the Council. Potential bidders wishing to attend the webinar can do so by registering through the following link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7b3497ff-950e-422d-a77b-5a858845a66e@f05d39da-26ec-4eea-b8eb-9ff1a682d5e5 (Please paste URL into a browser for access OR press the link included in the accompanying documents found on the portal
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0454c1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013261-2024
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
45 - Construction work
50 - Repair and maintenance services
51 - Installation services (except software)
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
32410000 - Local area network
32420000 - Network equipment
32430000 - Wide area network
32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system
32520000 - Telecommunications cable and equipment
32560000 - Fibre-optic materials
32570000 - Communications equipment
32580000 - Data equipment
44212200 - Towers, lattice masts, derricks and pylons
45231600 - Construction work for communication lines
50330000 - Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment
51300000 - Installation services of communications equipment
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 23 May 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Martin Hall
- Contact Email
- martin.hall@oxfordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7889164706
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OXFORD
- Postcode
- OX1 1ND
- Post Town
- Oxford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC, TLH21 Luton, TLH24 Bedford, TLH25 Central Bedfordshire, TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Oxford
- Electoral Ward
- Osney & St Thomas
- Westminster Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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