Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
Telephone
+44 2089773222
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Research
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ORAN Security Test Tools 2
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Security focussed test tools to execute ORAN security test cases as per ORAN alliance specifications.
This procurement must integrate with existing lab infrastructure, deployment requirements and lab security posture.
The solution must include installation, support and training on the operation of the system.
The solution must provide comprehensive coverage of tests suites set out by the following:
Must integrate with existing test tool infrastructure.
• End-to-End 3GPP SA3 SCAS Tests
• End-to-End DoS and Fuzzing Security Tests
• Cloud Resource Exhaustion Type of Security Tests
• Fronthaul Security Tests
• Security Scanning Tests
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £252,147.55
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Security focussed test tools to execute ORAN security test cases as per ORAN alliance specifications.
This procurement must integrate with existing lab infrastructure, deployment requirements and lab security posture.
The solution must include installation, support and training on the operation of the system.
The solution must provide comprehensive coverage of tests suites set out by the following:
Must integrate with existing test tool infrastructure.
• End-to-End 3GPP SA3 SCAS Tests
• End-to-End DoS and Fuzzing Security Tests
• Cloud Resource Exhaustion Type of Security Tests
• Fronthaul Security Tests
• Security Scanning Tests
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Mobile telecommunications, especially in emerging technologies such as Open-RAN (ORAN) is a very specialist area with a limited number of suppliers of test equipment. Viavi was selected by DSIT as a suitable supplier to address the radio test requirements of UKTL. Viavi has now been deployed and highly integrated into the UKTL network to address the immediate radio test requirements.
UKTL now need to evolve and expand the radio test requirements so to capture the new security test requirements coming from the ORAN standardisation bodies.
To avoid large expense of integrating new radio test vendors and also to capitalise on the existing investment (commercially as well as man hours spent integrating the Viavi solution) it is optimal to expand the existing solution for the specified test areas in the scope of works.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Title
ORAN Security Test Tools 2
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25 September 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Viavi Solutions UK Limited
Astor House, Newbury Business Park, London Road
Newbury
RG14 2PZ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £252,147.55
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NPL Management Limited
Teddington
Country
United Kingdom