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Awarded · ResultStage · award

OFCOM

User Acceptance and Accuracy Testing for Electronic Clock Auction System

Business ServicesCPV 79342410
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published27 Sept 2023
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Smith Institute

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

Who to contact
Hayley Watson, Senior Procurement Manager
hayley.watson@ofcom.org.uk
+44 2079813000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

Ofcom has a requirement for testing of an electronic auction system (EAS) designed to run an auction for the award licences of mmWave spectrum in the UK in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands.

The specific service required is user acceptance testing of the user interfaces and establishing that the EAS accurately implements the auction rules.

For simplicity, we refer to this testing as “EAS testing”.

These requirements will also cover the possibility of an additional clock auction that will follow the 26 GHz/40 GHz auction, which would be triggered at Ofcom’s sole discretion, using the same EAS configured for the subsequent auction.

As a minimum, the service must deliver the following: • User acceptance and functional testing on auctioneer, bidder, and monitor interfaces in line with the detailed software spec • Testing on the accuracy of implementation on the proposed auction rules, initially in line with published illustrative auction procedures, and ultimately to reflect formal Auction Regulations.

The EAS will be a web-based application for both Ofcom and bidders.

It is envisaged that the successful tenderer will carry out the testing by accessing the EAS over the internet from its own premises.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

As a minimum, the service must deliver

As a minimum, the service must deliver the following:.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

OfcomRegulator registrations
Ofcom has a requirement for testing of an electronic auction system (EAS) designed to run an auction for the award licences of mmWave spectrum in the UK in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d463
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
028449-2023
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