Published date: 26 April 2017

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


Closing: 10 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

OX11 0QX

Value of contract

£0 to £141,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PS16254/2

Published date

26 April 2017

Closing date

10 March 2017

Contract start date

20 March 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The 3SST2015 is a strategically important programme for STFC RAL Space and UK (via UK Space Agency and UK Ministry of Defence) with key milestones which must be met if UK is to achieve its objectives and deliver its commitments in this international programme.

The 3SST2015 is part of the SST-Framework which will continue until 2020 when it will be succeeded by the SST-Programme.

The UK Government (with the UK Space Agency [UKSA] leading) is coordinating UK's activities to meet the SST Consortium objective.

The aim of this tender is to contribute to the EU SST WPs 4-6 in order to enable STFC ( a sub-contractor to UKSA, the UK Beneficiary to the H2020 grant which makes STFC a Third Party subcontractor in the EU's H2020 framework) to fulfil their commitments to UKSA.

This tender comprises of specific work requirements within the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) area in order to deliver the deliverables identified within the 3SST2015 project. It concerns the technical Work Packages only - WP5, WP6.

The work is mostly concerned with the Work Package 5, UKSA is leading Work Package 5 at the EU level while STFC is leading Work Package 6 at the EU level. STFC is providing support to Work Package 4 UK lead. The delivery of the requirements specified will enable STFC to fulfil its commitments for Work Packages 4, 5 and 6. The work relating to WP4 is limited to liaising with the WP4 Leader with respect to the interfaces and technical tasks co-ordination between WP4, WP5 and WP6.

Please refer to the attached documentation for the full specification.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS PS16254 Subject Matter Domain Expertise in SSA & Large Scale SSA Systems Design

  • Opportunity
  • Published 3 March 2017

Attachments

Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

16 March 2017

Contract start date

20 March 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2017

Total value of contract

£140,531.20

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Deimos Space UK Limited

Address

Building R103, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, OX11 0QR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Al Staunton-Lambert

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

http://www.uksbs.co.uk