RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · award

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Telecommunications Standards Expert Consultancy Services (PRJ_5587)

Business ServicesCPV 71621000
Value£184,135
Awarded
Published18 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide

£184,135 — awarded (may include priced options or extensions).

Outcome — awarded
PA CONSULTING

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
naomi.jones2@dsit.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£184ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ("DSIT") is leading the UK governments’ approach to the development of technical standards for advanced telecommunications connectivity technologies.

As part of this, DSIT plans to engage specialists to assist with advancing the standards for these emergent technologies with a view to mitigating ongoing security, resilience, and interoperability issues, and ensuring that advanced connectivity technologies support greater digital inclusion and sustainability.

These specialists would support DSIT by providing technical knowledge and resource when engaging with Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) to support the creation of effective standards which align with UK government objectives.

We would encourage bids from those with extensive experience in one or more of the following: • Extensive experience in telecommunications research/ network design, with a strong working knowledge of the standards development process; • Strong evidence of experience working as an active participant in standards development, preferably with considerable experience in 3GPP SA2 or related working groups; • Strong evidence of experience working as an active participant in standards development, preferably with considerable experience in 3GPP TSG RAN or related working groups; • Strong understanding of Open RAN design and interfaces; Familiarity with the key technology debates surrounding 6G development would also be an asset.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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As part of this, DSIT plans

As part of this, DSIT plans to engage specialists to assist with advancing the standards for these emergent technologies with a view to mitigating ongoing security, resilience, and interoperability issues, and ensuring that advanced connectivity technologies support greater digital inclusion and sustainability.

02

These specialists would support DSIT by providing

These specialists would support DSIT by providing technical knowledge and resource when engaging with Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) to support the creation of effective standards which align with UK government objectives.

03

We would encourage bids from those

We would encourage bids from those with extensive experience in one or more of the following:.

04

Extensive experience in telecommunications research/ network design

Extensive experience in telecommunications research/ network design, with a strong working knowledge of the standards development process;.

05

Strong evidence of experience working as

Strong evidence of experience working as an active participant in standards development, preferably with considerable experience in 3GPP SA2 or related working groups;.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055063
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
057566-2025
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