Provision of 5G Mobile Private Network and Related Advance Technology Services for Northern Ireland

Tender description

Part of Digital Catapult roles on this project is to deploy a 5G mobile private network and run a technology and innovation acceleration programme in Northern Ireland. There are two sites in Northern Ireland which require the 5G private network. Our aim is to deploy a 5G Mobile Private Network (5G MPN) and run a technology and innovation acceleration programme in Northern Ireland for the Smart Nano Manufacturing Corridor project. The 5G MPN and other services which are listed further in the technical requirement section. Lot 1: Part of Digital Catapult roles on this project is to deploy a 5G mobile private network and run a technology and innovation acceleration programme in Northern Ireland. There are two sites which require the 5G private network: -a 5G Mobile Private Network (5G MPN) installation for the Smart Nano Manufacturing Corridor project at Seagate (SNMC) plant at ‘1 Disc Drive, Springtown Industrial Estate, Derry / Londonderry BT48 0LY’; and -a second 5G site at the North West Regional College (NWRC) at ‘44 Springtown Rd, Londonderry BT48 0LY’, connected to the main site at Seagate. Our aim is to deploy a 5G Mobile Private Network (5G MPN) and run a technology and innovation acceleration programme in Northern Ireland for the Smart Nano Manufacturing Corridor project. The 5G MPN and other services which are listed further in the technical requirement section. For the purpose of this RFP please consider “5G MPN (Mobile Private Network)” is a collection of 5G Core (SA), 4G Core (supporting LTE-M and NB-IoT), 5G NG-RAN (gNB) & 4G RAN (eNB), suitable network infrastructure with appropriate, security and compute. We are looking for a turnkey solution that includes features and functionalities, key advantages, and anticipated enhancements, such as eSIM, MEC etc., to this solution during the lifespan of this project. To achieve this, we are looking for a solution provider, who shall procure, design and build indoor 5G and 4G MPN (Mobile Private Network) at two sites in Northern Ireland.