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Type of document: Pre-information procedures
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2020/S 249-622708/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Postal address: Nimrod Building, RAF High Wycombe
Town: High Wycombe
Postal code: HP14 4UE
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1494494462
Email: lewis.jeacock101@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.contracts.mod.uk

Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Trial of a 5G Network at RAF Leeming in 2021/22.
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 32412100
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Trial of a 5G network at RAF Leeming in 2021/22.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKE2
Main site or place of performance:North Yorkshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
• The system needs to be UK end-to-end — where possible no foreign components (e.g. Huawei);
• free of charge;
• user agnostic (i.e. not tied or linked to a network provider such as EE, O2, Three, Vodafone etc);
• access to OFCOM shared spectrum in the frequency range of 3.8 to 4.2 GHz and with 100 MHz of Bandwidth;
• secure;
• the provider must be willing to work in collaboration with RAFX (RAF Experimental). and selected industry and academic partners to test a range of Internet of Things (IOT) capabilities.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2020-12-17
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk Go reference: GO-20201217-DCB-17522856

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2020-12-17