Published date: 4 December 2023

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


Closing: 25 October 2023, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £600,000

Procurement reference

tender_384190/1289928

Published date

4 December 2023

Closing date

25 October 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

6 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

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

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS.

Brief Description of Requirement
This tender outlines details of the desired research and evaluation work to assess the impacts of the Shared Rural Network (SRN). The main objectives of the SRN are:
- To deliver 4G mobile coverage to at least 95% of the UK landmass by the end of 2025
- To deliver additional 4G mobile coverage to at least 280,000 premises and 16,000km of roads by the end of programme.
The Shared Rural Network will see each of the four mobile network operators share infrastructure in order to achieve 88% geographical coverage by June 2024 and 90% geographical coverage by January 2027.

Award information

Awarded date

6 November 2023

Contract start date

29 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Total value of contract

£581,863

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD

Address

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