--- title: "GB-LONDON: UK-Korean 5G Collaboration Specialist Facilitation and Grant Competition" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT" published: "2018-12-07" --- # GB-LONDON: UK-Korean 5G Collaboration Specialist Facilitation and Grant Competition Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f20aa30c-dc20-4dac-9f02-ec75656abbd0.json) ## Summary The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is currently conducting a tender for the "UK-Korean 5G Collaboration Specialist Facilitation and Grant Competition." This initiative falls under the Research and Development Services industry category, aiming to enhance infotainment mobile services in high-speed transport environments. The tender period is set to conclude on 10th January 2019, while the contract period is scheduled to commence on 21st January 2019 and extend until 31st March 2020. The procurement process follows an open procedure, with a total contract value of £100,000, and grant funding of £1.2 million available for UK organisations involved in the project. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs), that specialise in 5G technology, mobile services, or related research and development. Companies able to offer innovative solutions for infotainment in rapid transportation settings, such as augmented or virtual reality content, could greatly benefit from the capital grants on offer. Businesses with expertise in project management, consultancy services, or administrative operations would also find themselves well-positioned to compete in this exciting collaboration between the UK and South Korea. ## Notice The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is exploring the opportunity to work with South Korea on a collaborative 5G testbed and trials project, as part of the wider UK Government's 5G Testbed and Trials Programme. Through discussions with the Korean Government and Korean's Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI) we are proposing a joint UK-Korea 5G collaboration with a focus on "Infotainment mobile services in rapid transport environments". By this, we mean information and entertainment services (e.g. web browsing, social media, video streaming) provided to passengers in rapidly moving vehicles such as high speed trains or cars on high-speed roads. The objective of the collaboration is to offer the ability for UK industry, including SMEs, or other organisations to test infotainment services, including possible AR/VR, content or broadcasting solutions, in a rapid transport environments in Korea. DCMS will be offering UK organisations PS1.2 million capital grant funding to enable this. The scope of this Procurement is to secure a UK organisation (the Supplier) who will, through their detailed technical knowledge and their knowledge of and engagement with the wider 5G ecosystem: 1. Facilitate the agreement of a more detailed project scope with counterpart organisations in Korea (The Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, (ETRI)) 2. Design and run an open, fair and transparent grant competition on behalf of DCMS to award UK organisation/s a grant to deliver high quality benefits to the UK through this collaboration. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a65faf-41b6-40e0-ad2f-d1cadb583535 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Dec 2018 | | Submission deadline | 10 Jan 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 21 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1A 2BQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 75100000 - Administration services - 75112000 - Administrative services for business operations - 79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work - 79421200 - Project-design services other than for construction work ## Release History - 7 Dec 2018 at 14:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a65faf-41b6-40e0-ad2f-d1cadb583535 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a65faf-41b6-40e0-ad2f-d1cadb583535 7th December 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-LONDON:-UK-Korean-5G-Collaboration-Specialist-Facilitation-and-Grant-Competition/554MG4NJ7X Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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