AWE-4G LTE Network and Associated Services

A Contract Award Notice
by MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Goods)
Duration: not specified
Value: £466K

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Published: 15 Dec 2021
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

MOD Andover

1 supplier

Kinected Solutions Barnstaple

Description

4G LTE Network and Associated Services

Award Detail

1	Kinected Solutions (Barnstaple) AWE-4G LTE Network and Associated Services Reference: 031318-2021-702414455-1-1 Value: £466,489

Award Criteria

Lowest price

CPV Codes

48510000 - Communication software package

Legal Justification

UK MoD, Army Headquarter, by the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) programme intend to award a contract to Kinected Solution Ltd for the provision of a Rugged Private LTE with fully integrated embedded edge compute and embedded mesh backhaul capability. The AWE is the way the Army conducts large-scale Research and Experimentation. Army needs to upgrade its experimental network to support the AWE series by the 1st March 2022. Kinected Solution Ltd is the only known supplier of a Rugged Private LTE with fully integrated embedded edge compute and embedded mesh backhaul capability, which can meet the AWE Urban Series March 2022, 4G LTE technology requirement. DSPCR, Regulation 16 (1) (c) (i) Research and Development (R&D) applies. Any future Army operational capability fulfilment will be subject to a formal competition.