Published date: 31 May 2024

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: 21 June 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP864523661

Published date

31 May 2024

Closing date

21 June 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2024

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) aims to encourage the adoption of advanced wireless technologies by businesses and organisations across the River Severn catchment area. The RSPAWIR is investing in Use Cases to demonstrate the possibilities and benefits of adopting wireless technologies with the aim that businesses and organisations across the region will use the experience to adopt themselves. A critical part of that decision-making process is understanding the local commercial cellular mobile network availability. This can be difficult as most of the public domain data that does exist around mobile coverage is aggregated and modelled which often undermines its value.
The RSPAWIR is looking to remedy this issue by commissioning an independent study of coverage across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Powys has recently commissioned a similar study and is therefore not part of this procurement. The study should be conducted primarily as a physical drive trial, rather than aggregating data generated via 3rd party apps and the partners aim to understand the real-world coverage of all four main commercial mobile networks.
This intelligence will be used to;
1.Inform decision makers within local businesses and organisations regarding the optimal network operator to support the adoption and operation of advanced wireless technologies; and
2.Lobby Mobile Network Operators, UK Government departments and Ofcom on how to improve services (both 4G and 5G) where coverage is poor.
The RSPAWIR are seeking the services of a commercial partner to
1.Either work with various Local Authority fleet operators to undertake a Drive Trial of the entire River Severn Catchment Area and its constituent counties (excluding Powys) or commission private drive trials to achieve the same result.
2.Determine the actual on-street mobile signals for 4G and 5G from all 4 MNOs.
3.Enable businesses and organisations to undertake their own surveys of off-street locations including farm estates.
4.Present the data generated to the procurement partners in aggregated form and to local businesses and organisations via online location-based requests.

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For more information about this opportunity, This intelligence will be used to;
1.Inform decision makers within local businesses and organisations regarding the optimal network operator to support the adoption and operation of advanced wireless technologies; and
2.Lobby Mobile Network Operators, UK Government departments and Ofcom on how to improve services (both 4G and 5G) where coverage is poor.
The RSPAWIR are seeking the services of a commercial partner to
3.Either work with various Local Authority fleet operators to undertake a Drive Trial of the entire River Severn Catchment Area and its constituent counties (excluding Powys) or commission private drive trials to achieve the same result.
4.Determine the actual on-street mobile signals for 4G and 5G from all 4 MNOs.
5.Enable businesses and organisations to undertake their own surveys of off-street locations including farm estates.
6.Present the data generated to the procurement partners in aggregated form and to local businesses and organisations via online location-based requests.
Please note the performance of this contract will be across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire and Worcestershire

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Team

Address

Shirehall
Shrewsbury
SY2 6ND
UK

Telephone

441742252993

Email

procurement@shropshire.gov.uk