--- title: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-055f38" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-055f38" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-055f38.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-055f38.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "OFCOM" published: "2025-09-02" --- # Preliminary Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band Buyer: OFCOM Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055f38 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-055f38) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-055f38.json) ## Summary Ofcom, a sub-central government public authority located in London, United Kingdom, is seeking preliminary market engagement for the provision of a large parabolic Ku/Ka band dish. The process involves a scheduled milestone for market engagement, requiring interested organisations to respond to a questionnaire by 30th September 2025. This engagement is part of the planning stage under Ofcom's procurement guidelines, aiming to understand market conditions and inform a subsequent business case. The engagement includes exploring costs, implementation considerations, timescales, and risks, with potential supplier discussions commencing the week of 20th October 2025. The total estimated value of this procurement is £2,000,000, with the procurement targeting goods above the threshold. This tender offers significant opportunities for growth for firms specialising in satellite dish manufacturing and related technologies. Companies capable of delivering large parabolic dishes within the specified Ku/Ka band will find this engagement particularly relevant. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are especially encouraged to participate, providing an inclusive opportunity for diverse market players. Suppliers who can effectively illustrate their capabilities and align with Ofcom’s strategic intent during the engagement phase might be favourably positioned for future contractual discussions post-award notifications, anticipated to begin from December 2025 onward. ## Notice Ofcom are keen to speak with companies that may be able to provide a large parabolic Ku/Ka band dish. This preliminary market engagement is to support Ofcom to understand the market, costs, implementation considerations, timescales and risks associated with this type of solution to support building a business case. More details are available at https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/ ### Planning Information We have set out a series of questions in a questionnaire which we invite interested organisations to respond to. The questionnaire is available via our eSourcing portal - https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/. Log-in and navigate to 'pqq_91 - Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band'. To access the questionnaire organisations must be registered as a supplier on our eSourcing portal. To register visit https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click on 'Register here'. Registration should take no longer than 10 minutes. The deadline for submitting the responses to the questionnaire is 12 noon on 30th Setpember 2025. These should also be submitted via the Ofcom eSourcing portal. Following receipt of responses to the questionnaire, Ofcom may invite some or all of the suppliers who respond for discussions with Ofcom’s Project Team. This will include an outline of the respondee’s solution, followed by a questions and answers session. Meetings will be held using MS Teams and are likely to be held week commencing 20th October 2025. All communication will be via the Ofcom eSourcing portal – https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053066-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Sep 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Dec 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 Feb 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | OFCOM | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 9HA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark | | Local authority | Southwark | | Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside | | Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment ### Codes - 32532000 - Satellite dishes ## Release History - 2 Sep 2025 at 09:57 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053066-2025 - 2 Sep 2025 at 09:53 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053064-2025 - 2 Sep 2025 at 09:49 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053058-2025 - 15 Jul 2025 at 10:40 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039886-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053066-2025 2nd September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053064-2025 2nd September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053058-2025 2nd September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039886-2025 15th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.ofcom.org.uk - https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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