Published date: 1 May 2018
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Data services - 72300000
Location of contract
South West
Procurement reference
PR18057
Published date
1 May 2018
Closing date
15 May 2018
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Space for Smarter Government Programme
(SSGP) resides within the UK Space Agency's Growth
Directorate. It is a national programme, established in
2014, which is designed to stimulate uptake of space
services and data within the UK Public Sector.
The UKSA wishes to acquire access to legacy/archive
high resolution (sub 5 metre) geospatial datasets over
the UK, to be obtained primarily from remote sensing
satellites (EO data), to facilitate ongoing UKSA
activities, including but not exclusive to:
• Projects
• Data Challenges
• Application Hackathons
The UKSA require access to high resolution archive
data over the entire UK land mass and coastal/littoral
areas comprising of:
• Optical / Multispectral
• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
This Prior Information Notice is being issued in order
to undertake a market consultation exercise with
regards to the requirements detailed above and in
section II.1.4. UKSA will be holding a supplier
engagement day in order to assess the market's
appetite, and view on the approach to procuring the
services. If you believe this is of interest to you
and your organisation, please register an Expression
of Interest to attend by sending an email to the
following email address: majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk
The supplier engagement day will be held in Swindon
Friday 18th May 2018.
Expressions of Interest to attend must
be received at the above email address by no later
than 1200hrs BST on Tuesday 15th May (the EOI
Deadline). Places are limited to two representatives
per organisation. Your email should have the subject
heading "PR18057 UKSA Satellite Data Procurement
PIN EOI" you should include your company name and
the names and contact telephone numbers of up to
two representatives
wishing to attend and the email address(s) for reply
confirmation. Upon confirmation of attendance by
UKSBS, the location and agenda for the day will be
issued. PLEASE NOTE: Due to coordinating access
arrangements, Expressions of Interest received after
EOI Deadline will not be considered and access to the
event will not be possible
UKSA may consider information and responses
received as part of the preliminary market consultation
to help inform UKSA specification and further decision
making in relation to the planning and conduct of the
proposed procurement.
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. Participation in preliminary
market consultation will be at each supplier's own
cost. UKSA reserves the position not to award a
contract
About the buyer
Contact name
Susie lewinska
Address
North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England
Telephone
01793867374
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