---
title: "CM79 - TELEMETRY SATELLITE COMMUNICATION"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078555"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Trinity House"
published: "2026-10-12"
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# CM79 - TELEMETRY SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

Buyer: Trinity House  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078555

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## Summary

Trinity House is procuring satellite telemetry communications for its buoys, lighthouses and lightvessels. The requirement is to supply solutions that work with existing communications equipment, designed and fitted within the existing enclosures, and to continue providing Iridium communications services. This combines satellite communications equipment with telecommunications services. The equipment and service support communications for Trinity House’s navigational assets; delivery is associated with its buoy, lighthouse and lightvessel network. The work is for Trinity House, a central government public authority responsible for the requirement. The procurement is grouped as a single lot, covering the combined requirement rather than separately identified equipment and communications-service packages.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Ground Control Technologies UK Ltd. Trinity House used a direct award, relying on the additional or repeat goods and services route: changing supplier could mean incompatible equipment or services and disproportionate technical difficulty in operation or maintenance. The award was dated 12 October 2026. The contract period runs from 23 October 2026 to 22 October 2036. Its value is £631,495 excluding VAT (£757,794 including VAT). There is one lot, and the published procurement data identifies no separate evaluation criteria; the stated basis for the direct award is continuity and technical compatibility with existing equipment and services.

For suppliers competing when Trinity House next needs this requirement, credibility will depend on being able to integrate satellite telemetry solutions with equipment already designed and installed in buoy, lighthouse and lightvessel enclosures, while sustaining Iridium communications services. This award shows the buyer chose continuity with its existing communications arrangements, citing the operational and maintenance difficulties that a change of supplier could cause. A competitor would therefore need to demonstrate that its equipment and services are compatible with the installed systems, and that it can support communications across these navigational assets over a long-running service requirement. The successful supplier is identified as an SME, showing that this specialist requirement was awarded to a small or medium-sized business; the data does not state further accreditation, capacity or experience requirements.

## Notice

To supply direct solutions of existing equipment, designed and fitted within existing enclosures for TH Buoy, Lighthouse and Lightvessel Communications, including the continued service supply of Iridium communications.

### Procurement Information

Continuation of communication services and existing goods under PA23 Schedule 5 Direct Award Section 7, 'Additional or repeat goods, services or works' : (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095950-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 23 Oct 2026 - 22 Oct 2036 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £631,495 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Trinity House |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | Central London |
| Postcode | EC3N 4DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Tower |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Ground Control Technologies (UK) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services

### Codes

- 32531000 - Satellite communications equipment
- 64200000 - Telecommunications services

## Release History

- 12 Oct 2026 at 10:39 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095950-2026
- 12 Oct 2026 at 10:12 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095935-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095950-2026
  12th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095935-2026
  12th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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