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Published 15 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band

Official notice

Authority: Ofcom (Public body)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£2,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 8 moends 30 Sept 2026 · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ofcom are keen to speak with companies that may be able to provide a large parabolic Ku/Ka band dish.

This preliminary market engagement is to support Ofcom to understand the market, costs, implementation considerations, timescales and risks associated with this type of solution to support building a business case.

More details are available at ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

CPV: Satellite dishes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 8 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 30 Sept 2026 (8 mo)
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
32532000 Satellite dishes

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
Last source update
2 Sept 2025, 10:57 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053066
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Satellite dishes
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055f38 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Jul 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    15 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 10:57 BST
  3. Market engagement393 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    We have set out a series of questions in a questionnaire which we invite interested organisations to respond to.

    The questionnaire is available via our eSourcing portal - ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk ↗. Log-in and navigate to 'pqq_91 - Market Engagement for Parabolic Dish for Ku/Ka Band'.

    To access the questionnaire organisations must be registered as a supplier on our eSourcing portal. To register visit ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and click on 'Register here'. Registration should take no longer than 10 minutes.

    The deadline for submitting the responses to the questionnaire is 12 noon on 30th Setpember 2025. These should also be submitted via the Ofcom eSourcing portal.

    Following receipt of responses to the questionnaire, Ofcom may invite some or all of the suppliers who respond for discussions with Ofcom’s Project Team. This will include an outline of the respondee’s solution, followed by a questions and answers session.

    Meetings will be held using MS Teams and are likely to be held week commencing 20th October 2025.

    All communication will be via the Ofcom eSourcing portal – ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.

  4. Tender notice expected331 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts269 days ago
    2 Feb 2026

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Jul 2025, 11:40 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 10:49 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 10:53 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 10:57 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (3)

Extending the deadline for responses to the original Preliminary Market Engagement.

Extending the deadline for responses to the original Preliminary Market Engagement. Amendment to dates included in Engagement process description section.

Extending the deadline for responses to the original Preliminary Market Engagement. Amendment to dates included in Engagement process description section. Publication date of the tender amended - please note this date is just an estimated is likely to change.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 15 Jul 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ofcom

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQQZ-1663-NWMN Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, London, SE1 9HAContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure