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Northern Lighthouse Board

RTU's and M2M Communications Management

Communications EquipmentCPV 31712112
Value£180k
Deadline18 Aug 2026
Published27 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 27 Jul 202621 days leftCloses 18 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Lindsey Wilkinson
procurement@nlb.org.uk
0131 473 3131

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£180ktotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Electrical Machinery & Apparatus band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Contract for the continuation of supply of M2M communications and the management of current Remote Terminal Units (RTU) in NLB operation.

NLB currently has approximately 260 M2M Communications (SIM cards) and 185 RTU's.

NLB may also require the purchase of further RTU's and SIM cards on an adhoc basis throughout the lifetime of the 5 year contract.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Edinburgh:-SIM-cards./6A276NUPZ9 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6A276NUPZ9

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Contract for the continuation of supply

Contract for the continuation of supply of M2M communications and the management of current Remote Terminal Units (RTU) in NLB operation.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d47c
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
070892-2026
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