The Provision of Popup / Cell-on Wheels (CoW) or 5G equipment

Tender description

The Satellite Applications Catapult (the Catapult) is inviting you (the bidder) to issue a proposal for 3 (three) Popup/Cell-on Wheels (CoW) or 3 (three) sets of 5G equipment. Lot 1: 3 x Popup/Cell-on Wheels (CoW) Lot 1 – 3 x Popup/Cell-on Wheels (CoW) comprising of at least: 1.1 Cellular trailer with commercial tow hitch by standard vehicle (3.5T tow) 1.2 Telescopic/retractable mast (up to 15m) 1.3 Antenna head frame, Support for up to 3 x Directional cellular antenna and 1 x Omni Antenna - mounting support 1.4. Support for up to 4x RRH mounted on trailer - mounting support 1.5 Support for GPS antennas 1.6 Support for up to 2 x Satellite dishes (either use of adjustable or auto-pointing antenna) 1.7 Equipment refrigerated Cabinet with sufficient space to be able to add additional equipment in future 1.8 A/C Power interface for on-board power generator or an external landlord Power 1.9 Security cage on the trailer 1.10 Elevated working platform with integrated ladder access 1.11 Electrical connections and cabling plus RF/ethernet/fibre 1.12 Extendable architecture of the setup to allow for different hardware to be added as needed Lot 2: 3 x sets of 5G equipment Lot 2 – 3 x sets of 5G equipment with each set comprising of at least: 2.1 1 x directional antenna and 1 x omni directional for the shared spectrum range of 3.8 to 4.2 GHz – with ability to selectively turn on/off different antenna 2.2 Suitable RRUs (subject to 1.) to drive the antenna – delivering a strong signal within a 1 Km radius range 2.3 PSU (power supply units) for above equipment where applicable 2.4 Suitable BBUs with installed gNB software for interface with the RRUs in 2.2 2.5 5G Core Network hosted on suitable COTS HW (HP/Dell) (to fit in a trailer cabinet) 2.6 Up to 50 SIM cards provisioned in the Core Network 2.7 Compute capability for MEC/UPF on separate hardware platform (HP/Dell) (to fit in a trailer cabinet) 2.8 All associated cabling (coaxial, fibre, network, etc) and GNSS receivers