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Title: | 5G Mapping Tool Trial |
Notice type: | Prior Information Notice |
Authority: | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
Nature of contract: | Not applicable |
Procedure: | Not applicable |
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Published: | 08/06/2016 20:41 |
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Preliminary Questions
This notice is for prior information only: Yes
This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
This notice is a call for competition: No
Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1) Name and addresses:
Department of Culture, Media and Sport
100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 2072112213, Email: commercial@culture.gov.uk
Main Address: www.gov.uk/dcms
NUTS Code: UKI
Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No.
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .
I.3) Communication
Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:
Recreation, culture and religion
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
II.1.1) Title: 5G Mapping Tool Trial
Reference number: 100674
II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:
73110000 - Research services.
JA17-9 - For data
DA14-3 - Mobile
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description:
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wishes to commission a trial of a mapping tool to bring together appropriate geographical and other data relevant to the siting of high frequency radio infrastructure, such as will be used when fifth generation mobile wireless systems (5G) are deployed. The data would be used to locate the optimum sites for radio access nodes and any infrastructure, such as masts, in order to ensure efficient and effective capacity coverage.
The trial will identify any benefits of the method and show how the information gained from the trial could be used to develop a 5G infrastructure planning tool suitable for operation across the UK and overseas.
II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
II.1.6) Information about lots:
This contract is divided into lots: No
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided
II.2) Lot Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
64200000 - Telecommunications services.
72212326 - Mapping software development services.
II.2.3) Place of performance:
Region Codes:
UKI - LONDON
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wishes to commission a trial of a mapping tool to bring together appropriate geographical and other data relevant to the siting of high frequency radio infrastructure, such as will be used when fifth generation mobile wireless systems (5G) are deployed. The data would be used to locate the optimum sites for radio access nodes and any infrastructure, such as masts, in order to ensure efficient and effective capacity coverage.
The trial will identify any benefits of the method and show how the information gained from the trial could be used to develop a 5G infrastructure planning tool suitable for operation across the UK and overseas.
II.2.14) Additional information
For 5G mobile services, radio spectrum will be used at higher frequencies than current technology (2G/3G/4G), in order to carry more data. For the purpose of this project, this means bands above 6 GHz. However, at such frequencies the distances between base station and devices will have to be less than on current systems, because of the characteristics of radio waves at these frequencies, and obtaining adequate coverage will be more difficult.
Current radio propagation tools were designed for lower frequencies. For 5G more sophisticated tools for network deployment and management will be needed, particularly given the greater number of variables affecting the transmission and reception of higher frequencies. Infrastructure will represent a significant part of 5G deployment costs and detailed understanding of the interaction of 5G radio infrastructure with topography, including the built and natural environments, will minimise the risks associated with rollout, ensuring good coverage and better returns on investment.
The project will determine what geospatial data (for instance topography, built environment, vegetation) are necessary to be able to make effective predictions about where 5G infrastructure should be sited to achieve the best performance of the network, including optimal coverage.
The supplier will demonstrate the use of the data over a real area of the UK that exhibits a variety of landscape features and includes areas of urban and rural land use. An area of at least forty square kilometres is required. DCMS has proposed the area of the Borough of Bournemouth, in the county of Dorset, England, or another suitable area in the southwest of England. Bidders may propose different areas, which may be accepted at the discretion of DCMS.
The successful supplier will develop a mapping tool, which should include modelling of features, identifying buildings, walls, vegetation and other relevant structures together with a costed methodology for capturing this information. The tool must incorporate one or more signal propagation models for the trial area capable of generating predicted 5G radio signal coverage footprints. The model should be accessible as an interactive down-loadable package and include a pictorial user interface.
This tool would enable 5G network providers to work out where best to put their equipment, for example by working out detailed lines of sight for small antennas in urban environments and calculating how to account for obstacles such as bridges, buildings, trees and vegetation, weather conditions &c.
All rights to data arising from the project will be the property of DCMS, unless the data (for instance, geographical information and buildings data) are already owned elsewhere. It is expected that the data arising from the project will be made available to the industry. It is intended that the tool and associated coding resulting from the project will be available on an Open source basis.
The outputs from this project are expected to be:
1.Confirmation of which geospatial data are important to deciding on the best siting of infrastructure for 5G deployment at frequencies exceeding 6GHz.
2.A costed methodology for capturing the data identified in 1.
3.A demonstration of how the data identified in 1 can be used, in conjunction with one or more models of radio propagation, to determine the best sites for 5G infrastructure in a suitable area of the UK.
4.An interactive demonstration tool using the data gathered from the trial to enable tests to be conducted of the utility of the tool. Subject to any necessary confidentiality agreements, DCMS may ask external experts to perform this assessment.
5.A report setting out the learning gained from the project, including the scale of the challenge for 5G network deployment and evidence of the benefits the tool could deliver for operational 5G deployment. This should include an estimate of the cost savings that could result in using the tool for the deployment of 5G infrastructure,
6.A specification and costed proposal for a 5G planning suite for national operational use, to include consideration of the safe and secure storage of the data.
A Suppliers’ Briefing will be held in July 2016 – please see Additional Information below.
Additional Information:
In the Budget Statement 2016, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that ‘The government will also support the development of a network planning tool, to be trialled in Bournemouth.’ This project is intended to deliver this tool (although as noted previously, bidders may propose alternative locations).
An indicative project timetable is provided below.
•Suppliers’ Briefing 5 July 2016
•Issue of Invitation to Tender (ITT)25 July 2016
•Deadline for ITT clarification questions 9 August 2016
•Deadline for receipt of Tender Responses24 August 2016
•Contract Commencement10 October 2016
Attendance at the Suppliers’ Briefing on 5 July 2016 is optional, however prospective bidders are strongly encouraged to attend, as the Briefing will provide information that may be useful in preparing your tender response and will offer the opportunity to ask questions in person. We will use the event to listen to the views of prospective bidders about how the mapping trial might be conducted, how long the project should take and how it could be made most useful to possible builders of 5G infrastructure.
The Briefing will be held in London and prospective bidders choosing to attend will do so at their own expense. Please note that attendees will be restricted to two people per company for this event. It may be possible for prospective bidders who cannot attend to dial-in: please ask for details.
If you would like to attend the Supplier Briefing, please contact lindsey.cox@culture.gov.uk by Monday 27 June at 12.00 noon with the subject ‘100674 – 5G Mapping Trial – (company name)’. Please include the following information in your email:
- Company name and address
- Names of proposed attendees, job titles and contact details for each (phone and e-mail).
Queries should be addressed to lindsey.cox@culture.gov.uk.
II.3) Estimated Date of publication
25/07/2016
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO
Section VI: Complementary Information
VI.3) Additional Information:
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 08/06/2016