Published date: 7 May 2021

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: 3 June 2021, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Communications network - 32412000

  • Satellite communications equipment - 32531000

  • Data-communications equipment - 32581000

    • Telecommunications services - 64200000

    • Telephone and data transmission services - 64210000

    • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP591237426

Published date

7 May 2021

Closing date

3 June 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

30 June 2026

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) is the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland & Isle of Man. NLB are vested with responsibility for the superintendence and management of all associated lighthouses, buoys and beacons. NLB operate a monitoring system to remotely monitor and control operation of remote assets.

Presently, NLB is working towards replacing the old monitoring system with new modern system. As a part of this upgrade, NLB is upgrading communication system used by remote equipment in lighthouses & buoys. Existing systems use 4 types of communication - PSTN, GSM, Radio & Satellite.

With the new system NLB aim to use 3G, 4G, Broadband over fixed line and Satellite Broadband (limited to offshore places where 3G/4G signal not available). Broadband over fixed line service will be delivered by our existing suppliers BT & Daisy Communications. Hence this service is not included in the scope of this project. The rest of communication types - termed as Machine to Machine (M2M) Communication, NLB is looking for single dedicated supplier to provide this service. The Supplier must be able to provide secure, resilient, and reliable M2M communication through cellular & satellite technologies. Satellite option is only considered on locations where 3G/4G coverage do not exist.

Please refer to Tender Documents for the detailed specification

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ruth Millan

Address

84 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DA
UK

Telephone

01314733104

Email

Procurement@nlb.org.uk