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Small Tracking Parabolic Dish PME

Ofcom · Local or regional public body

In brief

Ofcom has announced plans to buy telecoms work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £100,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 1 year, starting 4 January 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 6 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Ofcom are keen to engage with suppliers with the appropriate expertise to supply a suitable small parabolic dish. Ofcom are replacing an end-of-life pedestal and controller with a small 90cm parabolic dish installed at our monitoring site in Baldock. Ofcom plan to reinstate this capability with an updated pedestal and parabolic dish measurement system, whilst retaining the capabilities of the current equipment. The system needs to be controllable through software or an online GUI and able to measure and track selected satellites for example using TLE data. The purpose of this preliminary market engagement exercise is to elicit input from suppliers enabling us to understand and evaluate the different options and solutions available to enable Ofcom to enhance and further develop its satellite monitoring and interference detection capability. The information gathered from this preliminary market engagement will be used to inform the most suitable and proportionate future procurement process.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 102217-2026

About the buyer

OfcomLast 12 months

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Awards

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From notice 102217-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 28 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 October 2026.