UKRI-4507 Satellite Internet For BAS Ships and Stations

A Tender Notice
by UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
2 year
Value
£2M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
24 Jun 2025
Delivery
01 Sep 2025 to 31 Aug 2027
Deadline
21 Jul 2025 13:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Satellite Internet for British Antarctic Survey's Ships and Stations. BAS has a need to maintain it’s uncontended, “always on” communication channels between Antarctica and Cambridge. The connection enables VoIP phone calls, scientific data transfers, remote management of IT systems, online research, use of centralised business systems, access to safety management systems, online flight following and access to essential meteorological information amongst other systems. BAS operates two different communication networks, one Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) and one Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO). The LEO satellite connection is the main service that BAS uses, with the GEO connection in place as a backup should the LEO connection fail. The requirement is structured into two separate lots: Lot 1 relates to the GEO based service Lot 2 relates to the LEO based service.

Lot Division

1 Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO) connection
  • Value: £1M

The requirement of this Lot is for a fully integrated GEO system. Full details of the requirement can be found in the Procurement Documents.

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2 Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) connection
  • Value: £800K

The requirement of this Lot is for a maritime and terrestrial LEO broadband solution. Full details of the requirement can be found in the Procurement Documents.

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Renewal Options

The Contract duration shall be for a period of 2 years (with 2 optional extensions of 1 year) from commencement of the Contract.

CPV Codes

  • 72212200 - Networking, Internet and intranet software development services
  • 72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services

Indicators

  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

Suppliers may bid for one, or both lots. To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=938760348 ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **

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