Published date: 14 December 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 November 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £58,000

Procurement reference

tender_316708/1157594

Published date

14 December 2022

Closing date

11 November 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

5 December 2022

Contract end date

24 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under Open Market competition

Brief Description of Requirement
The aim of this tender is to procure a report which provides high-quality evidence to the UK government on the feasibility of implementing a pilot quantum network which incorporates the following:

- A new, permanent fibre network connecting around 6 nodes across the UK, that is fully operational and can be used for both research and product testing/demonstration to support commercialisation; and
- An in-orbit micro satellite mission with new fixed and mobile ground stations, enabling the satellite to link to the UK fibre network to nodes across the globe, whilst also leveraging existing quantum satellite work. This satellite component is required to overcome the limitations of fibre communications and enable very long-distance communications.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

24 November 2022

Contract start date

5 December 2022

Contract end date

24 March 2023

Total value of contract

£56,223.10

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

British Telecommunications plc

Address

1 Braham Street, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 8EE, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk