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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LTD

UK SBS IT150033 Marine Satellite Broadband System

IT ServicesCPV 72000000 48000000 30000000 31000000 32000000
Value£29k
Awarded13 Aug 2015
Published31 Jul 2015
RegionScotland
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£29ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits below the typical range for IT Services contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Provide a mobile broadband satellite communication system that has the following seven mandatory criteria; 1.

Operate on moving platform, i.e. vessel 2.

Upload speeds of greater than 500kps, to provide high quality real time video upload with guaranteed streaming of data 3.

Download speed greater than 1000kps 4.

To be able to operate in equatorial waters of the Mid-Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico (Mexican waters) 5.

To be compact and light weight, to be easily mobilised and demobilised on vessels of convenience • Satellite dome less than 30kg • Dome diameter less than 1m • Inboard electronics to be compact and light weight, ideally single unit. • Associated interconnection cables • Simple on board setup and maintenance 6.

Assistance/training with initial/1st time setup of system 7.

One year on-going support to help with any issues with the communication system 8.

Delivery no later than 09/10/2015 The airtime contract will be established once this contract has been successfully awarded.

The desired delivery date for the equipment is by the end of August 2015 in Edinburgh where the initial assistance with the set up will be required.

If this is not possible due to time restraints then the device can be delivered to the ship, which will be in Southampton and must be there no later than October 9th 2015.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Provide a mobile broadband satellite communication system

Provide a mobile broadband satellite communication system that has the following seven mandatory criteria;.

02

Upload speeds of greater than 500kps,

Upload speeds of greater than 500kps, to provide high quality real time video upload with guaranteed streaming of data.

03

To be able to operate in equatorial

To be able to operate in equatorial waters of the Mid-Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico (Mexican waters).

04

One year on-going support to help

One year on-going support to help with any issues with the communication system.

05

If this is not possible due

If this is not possible due to time restraints then the device can be delivered to the ship, which will be in Southampton and must be there no later than October 9th 2015.

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Stage
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