Published date: 8 October 2020

This notice was replaced on 25 June 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 18 November 2021, last edited 11 January 2022)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Spacecraft, satellites and launch vehicles - 34712000

  • Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated parts - 34740000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Procurement reference

CS20409

Published date

8 October 2020

Closing date

13 November 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This Prior Information Notice is being issued to enable the UK Space Agency and Ministry of Defence to better understand market appetite and available capability to help shape a Statement of Requirement for a potential future competition. The scope of this Prior Information Notice is the supply of Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) data, by which we mean data related to the position, velocity or trajectory of objects in orbit provided by sensors such as (but not limited to) telescopes, radars or laser. The scope of this Prior Information Notice does not include other Space Domain Awareness (SDA) or Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data, for example space weather or near-earth object data.

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This Prior Information Notice is being issued to enable the UK Space Agency and Ministry of Defence to better understand market appetite and available capability to help shape a Statement of Requirement for a potential future competition. The scope of this Prior Information Notice is the supply of Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) data, by which we mean data related to the position, velocity or trajectory of objects in orbit provided by sensors such as (but not limited to) telescopes, radars or laser. The scope of this Prior Information Notice does not include other Space Domain Awareness (SDA) or Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data, for example space weather or near-earth object data.
If you believe this opportunity will be of interest to you or your organisation, please register an Expression of Interest and complete the questionnaire available by 12 noon on Friday 13th November 2020 and email toprofessionalservices@uksbs.co.uk quoting CS20409 in the subject.
The Programme Team will be running a Webinar from 15:00-16:00 on Monday 19th October to provide further background information and to address any questions you may have - if you would like to join this webinar please email professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk quoting CS20409 in the subject with details of your company and email address for the proposed attendees. A record of any questions and answers asked will be provided to all attendees and published if/when the project goes live.
For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a call for competition; a Contract Notice will be issued as a call for competition. Not registering an interest shall not prevent any supplier participating in a future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of preliminary market consultation shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. UKSA reserves the right not to award a contract.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Kerry Hammond

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

https://www.uksbs.co.uk