Data network management and support services

Tender description

This procurement is for partners to create a proposition for a 5G application accelerator. Accelerators are organisations that help innovative start-up and scale-up business to grow more successfully. 5G will be one of the biggest drivers of technology innovation in the next decade and the UK is well-placed to lead 5G innovation as the fifth country in the world to have launched commercial 5G networks. To turbo-charge the development of exciting new 5G services, WM5G Ltd (WM5G) is launching a tender (SSQ) for a partner to build the UK’s first commercial 5G application accelerator in the West Midlands. The role of the 5G application accelerator will be to demonstrate the benefits of 5G to organisations of all sizes and types across the region and then to work with innovative scale-up businesses to test and prove new 5G services that deliver transformative benefits to citizens, public services and businesses. WM5G is looking for a partner to design, build and operate the 5G application accelerator. This partner will need to provide access to a facility which includes office, event and demo space.