Published date: 30 November 2020

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


Closing: 31 March 2020, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and safety consultancy services - 71317210

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£426,000

Procurement reference

SSAPR20062

Published date

30 November 2020

Closing date

31 March 2020

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

**This is an award notice, not a call for competition**This contract has been awarded to secure services of developing health and safety policies, licence assessment criteria and processes to ensure UK Space Agency are ready to regulate spaceflight activities in 2021.


More information

Additional text

UK Space Agency (UKSA) is the regulator of space launches for the UK and is developing a regulatory framework to support its role as regulator and requires innovative processes, tools and procedures to assess the end-to-end management of safety of these space launches and operations in the UK. The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Work and Pensions are the only competent sovereign authority with the necessary regulatory heritage able to provide the requirement of developing a regulatory framework which can enable UKSA to fulfil their role as regulator of space launches from the UK and associated operations.
The contract is for additional health and safety advisory services following on from an original contract awarded to HSE by UK Space Agency in 2018 (reference PR18124) which has since expired.
This contract has been awarded with reference to Negotiated Procedure without prior publication for above OJEU threshold Award in accordance with regulation 32(5)(b) (additional deliveries) and 32(2)(b)(ii) (competition absent for technical reasons).


Award information

Awarded date

19 October 2020

Contract start date

27 October 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£426,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Health and Safety Executive

Address

Harpur Hill
Buxton
SK17 9JN

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£426,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Jennifer Ashford

Address

North Star House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

research.tenders@uksbs.co.uk