Scope
Description
Training on the (TSN) protocol is required to enable its use and analysis on a recently delivered system. Dstl has no internal experience or training material on this contemporary networking protocol.
Contract 1. Time Sensitive Networking Training
Supplier
Contract value
- £15,810 excluding VAT
- £18,972 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
25 July 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 August 2025 to 31 December 2025
- 5 months
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 80500000 - Training services
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
- Extreme and unavoidable urgency
The training is on a unique experimental research rig implementing the draft TSN 802.1DP and only available from GE who developed the rig which itself was a single source purchase.
Supplier
GE Aviation Systems Limited
- Companies House: 745917
Bishops Cleeve
Cheltenham
GL52 8SF
United Kingdom
Email: geaerospace.media@ge.com
Region: UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Time Sensitive Networking Training
Contracting authority
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDDM-1961-MTLN
Porton Down
Salisbury
SP4 0JQ
United Kingdom
Email: TrainingandHR@dstl.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-science-and-technology-laborator
Region: UKK15 - Wiltshire CC
Organisation type: Public authority - central government