Denmark - Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services

Description

The contract covers rent of Ku-Band satellite communication capacity on a full-time basis via one serving satellite. The satellite shall facilitate communications between the Danish Hub and ships operating in the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Labrador Sea and the Baffin Bay as far North it can be obtained by a geostationary satellite.
The contract shall cover: i) the needed satellite capacity to facilitate communications between one hub earth station and up to 3 ships (remote earth stations), ii) telemetry, tracking and control services, iii) maintenance service of the serving satellite, and iv) payload management services, responsibility for monitoring satellite carriers and for planning and controlling the users access to the serving satellite.The Danish Hub is located at 56N, 9E. For anchoring Ku-band satellite communication capacity the Danish Hub has a number of identical 3.7 m Ku-band earth stations with G/T: 29.5 dB/K, and with EIRP: 78 dBW. All antennas comply with NATO STANAG 4484. At the Danish Hub there is a clear view to all geostationary satellites from 74E to 53W.All ships have 1.0 m SeaTel 4009 Ku-band antennas with G/T: 18.1 dB/K (in radome), receive gain: 39.8 dB @ 12.5 GHz, transmit gain: 40.6 dB @ 14.25 GHz, and 16W HPA.The modem technology used is Comtech Vipersat with Comtech CDM-570L modems. The satellite network is configured, controlled and monitored by Vipersat Management System (VMS).Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) does not require the supplier to be a satellite operator, however, the supplier shall be responsible for the satellite to be working according to this Annex A – Requirements Specification.

Opportunity closing date

18 August 2020

Value of contract

£1m-5m