Notice Information
Notice Title
4G/5G Private & Public mobile network Culham Campus
Notice Description
Recently developed equipment and solution that will provide 4G and eventually 5G mobile network services on private land and internally into buildings with little or no mobile signal. Culham Campus has poor signal quality, and this solution aims to provide improved coverage externally and inside the main C11 security reception.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Recently developed equipment and solution that will provide 4G and eventually 5G mobile network services on private land and internally into buildings with little or no mobile signal. Culham Campus has poor signal quality, and this solution aims to provide improved coverage externally and inside the main C11 security reception.
Procurement Information
Currently Ember Networks are the only supplier that can provide these services via Ionx. Ionx have engaged directly with Ember Networks Ltd to provide customer facing services. Ionx currently support the Private 5G network equipment and services on Culham Campus for Oxbotica. Ionx have developed a 'back end' SaaS solution and specialist 4G antennae equipment that will provide Public 4G mobile network solutions on private ground. Ionx are the only contractor to have contractually agreed with the 4 main network operators o2, EE, Vodafone & 3 to provide public 4G & 5G mobile services through their uniquely developed SaaS solution.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d801
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071451-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
64212000 - Mobile-telephone services
64213000 - Shared-business telephone network services
64216000 - Electronic message and information services
72318000 - Data transmission services
72700000 - Computer network services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £204,600 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £245,520 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Nov 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Oct 20251 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 1 Nov 2025 24 hours
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Jonny Adams
- Contact Email
- jonny.adams@ukaea.uk, yana.shubicheva@ukaea.uk
- Contact Phone
- +12 35528822
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OXFORDSHIRE
- Postcode
- OX14 3DB
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Sandford & the Wittenhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070087-2025
31st October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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