Published date: 11 January 2019

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


Closing: 26 November 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £83,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS CR18173

Published date

11 January 2019

Closing date

26 November 2018

Contract start date

12 December 2018

Contract end date

29 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 26th November 2018 at 14:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

The objective of the Part II of 2-3SST2016-17 is to continue to support the SST evolution needs in line with the objectives and challenges of Horizon 2020 related to protecting Europe´s investment made in space infrastructure. This will be performed by the improvement of the EUSST functions and capabilities, in accordance with the Action Plan outlined in the EUSST Framework Partnership Agreement, as well as to continue the trade-off of future EUSST architecture and the upgrade or renewal of identified sensors (radars, telescopes and laser stations) controlled by the EUSST Consortium Member States.

Five EU Member States have formed a Consortium in order to bid for, and carry out, the tasks required to fulfil the EU SST Framework. These member States are the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain with the EU Satellite Centre (SatCen) providing additional capabilities.

The UK participation in the EU SST Framework is led by UKSA which is the UK Beneficiary to the Grant Agreement. The other UK participants are the MoD (as a Linked Third Party); together with STFC, Dstl and other entities who are all Third-Party Subcontractors within the Grant Agreements and who are also subcontractors to UKSA.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:
• the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• the name of the registered Bidder;
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS CR18173 EU SST 3SST2016- 17 Support to 3SST2016-17 at STFC 2

  • Opportunity
  • Published 13 November 2018

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

Award information

Awarded date

11 December 2018

Contract start date

12 December 2018

Contract end date

29 March 2019

Total value of contract

£80,940

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Inverse Quanta Limted

Address

C/O Wise & Co Wey Court West,
Union Road,
Farnham,
Surrey,
England,
GU9 7PT

Reference

Companies House number: 08061816

Value of contract

£80,940

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Declan Ward

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793867005

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk