Published date: 14 November 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£113,000 to £348,000

Procurement reference

BIP80861200

Published date

14 November 2019

Closing date

25 November 2019

Contract start date

2 March 2020

Contract end date

2 March 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

3 x programmable equipment (Vector Signal Generator) to emulate complex GPS signals.
User requirements for equipment to emulate complex GPS signals
Essential:
Must be able to emulate L1 and L2 independently and concurrently and also L5 (desirable).
Must be able to replicate any GPS location world wide
Must be able to provide real time simulation of realistic satellite constellations
Must be able to simulate at least 12 satellites simultaneously and have a unlimited simulation time.
Must have flexible scenario generation including moving scenarios, dynamic power control and atmospheric modelling
Must be able to create configuration of realistic user environments , including obscuration and multipath , antenna characteristics and vehicle attitude.
Must have a static mode for basic receiver testing using signals with zero or constant Doppler shift.
Must have a Realtme external trajectory feed for hardware in the loop (HIL) applications
Must be capable of logging/recording "live"or simulated satellite data.
Must have enough equipment to maintain EMC capability. (Three - Two local chambers and 1 remote chamber concurrently)
Must be man/van portable
Must be capable of being powered from 110/230 Vac mains supply
Input Impedance 50ohm
Operating temperature 0 to +30C
TME shall be suitable contained within transit cases, for transportation (internal carriage) as self contained units by:
a) wheeled Vehicle Road
b) Wheeled Vehicle Off Road
c) Aircraft
Must be capable of being operated both independently controlled from the front panel and to be able to connect to an external control device/laptop etc
Desirable:
Desirable to be capable of being powered from internal batteries or external DC power
Should allow option of support to following digital standards: 3GPP LTE FDD and TDD, LTE- Advanced, 3GPP FDD/HSPA/HSPA+, GSM/EDGE/EDGE Evolution, TD-SCDMA,WLAN.
No individual LRU should exceed 27kg and any unit weighing 20kg or more shall have a clearly visible warning label affixed that indicates this is heavy.


More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Claire Hadfield-Doughty

Address

Spur B2 Bldg 405
Westwell Road
Corsham
SN13 9NR
UK

Telephone

03067701758

Email

claire.Hadfield-doughty418@mod.gov.uk