# Open RAN Equipment - UK Telecoms Lab

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

## Key facts

- Buyer: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tender value: £1,900,000
- Published: 17 January 2023
- Contract start: 15 March 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 7544c0e1-45b8-4cc5-9b0c-7e6b220b2f15-606160
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b8976ab4-61df-479e-aef8-1a2d4617d67d

## Description

DCMS intends to acquire at least one End-to-End Open RAN solution \(with the option to acquire a second End-to-End Open-RAN solution from a different vendor\) for security and interoperability testing and research in the UK Telecoms Lab \(UKTL\) during early 2023\. The UKTL is a recently announced national flagship telecoms testing capability, which will be operated by the National Physical Laboratory on behalf of DCMS\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7544c0e1-45b8-4cc5-9b0c-7e6b220b2f15-606160)