Procurement of Vector Signal Transceiver

Contract summary

Industry

• Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments - 38900000

Location of contract

SP4 0JQ

Value of contract

£174,600

Procurement reference

DSTL0000025751

Published date

19 December 2023

Closing date

29 November 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

13 December 2023

Contract end date

5 February 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other: Single source - DSPCR Part 3 Reg 16 (Incompatible / technical difficulties)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The SOS project has identified that in order to be able to conduct future experimentation the technical team will require access to a Vector Signal Transceiver (VST), providing an interface with existing FPGA-based signal processing and control. As per the attached quote, deliverables are to include:

• 1x 12GHz Vector Signal transceiver.
• 1x PXIe-8881 Xeon 8 Core Controller, Windows 10 64-bit
• 1x Radar Target Generation Software, 4 TGT/1 Ghz/STDPARAM, Perpetual License. New Single Seat License(s) With 1 Year(s) of Service

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More information

Attachments

• 20231219_DSTL0000025751_signed_Redacted.pdf
• Signed contract
• This is the signed purchase order and terms and conditions for this contract. This has been redacted of any sensitive information.

• 20231219_contract_award_letter_Redacted.pdf
• Contract schedules
• Redacted contract award letter

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Award information

Awarded date

13 December 2023

Contract start date

13 December 2023

Contract end date

5 February 2024

Total value of contract

£174,600

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

National Instruments Corporation (UK) Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Benjamin Hibbs

Address

Porton Down
SALISBURY
SP40JQ
England

Telephone

44-1980-954174

Email

Bhibbs@dstl.gov.uk