Published date: 23 March 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 23 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Navigation equipment - 34933000

  • Cameras - 38651000

Location of contract

OX11 0QX

Value of contract

£46,824

Procurement reference

RE17057

Published date

23 March 2017

Closing date

23 March 2017

Contract start date

24 March 2017

Contract end date

30 July 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Award of contract without prior publication of a contract notice

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

In order to validate the European Space Agency's ExoMars platform it is necessary to conduct full field trials with an engineering model which represents the actual flight model (i.e. the platform which will go to Mars) as closely as possible.

The instruments which the ExoMars robot will carry are built using various consortia across Europe, and in the case of the Panoramic Camera and Navigation system known as PanCam, Aberystwyth University is responsible for the emulator which is used to validate the actual flight instrument.

This emulator called AUPE is the system which is needed to test the vision and navigation systems of the ExoMars validaton platform, which the UK Space Agency and STFC will conduct field trials with prior to the launch of actual mission in 2020.

Award information

Awarded date

23 March 2017

Contract start date

24 March 2017

Contract end date

30 July 2017

Total value of contract

£46,824

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Aberystwyth University

Address

Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth
SY23 3FB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

UK SBS Ltd
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Email

scientificresearch@uksbs.co.uk