Published date: 2 November 2017

Last edited date: 2 November 2017

This notice was replaced on 18 June 2018

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

Awarded contract (published 18 June 2018, last edited 15 June 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical support services - 71356300

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £880,000

Procurement reference

PR16228

Published date

2 November 2017

Closing date

30 November 2017

Contract start date

2 January 2018

Contract end date

2 January 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UK Space Agency intends to procure technical
support to ensure that the working level technical
activities of the space standards bodies; Consultative
Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), Inter-
Operability Advisory Group (IOAG) and European
Ground System - Common Core (EGS-CC) are
supported. This work will be carried out in a coordination
and sometimes advisory function, but one
at a very technical level that demands key
competences - technical knowledge, organisational or
individual qualifications in space engineering,
operations, and applications themselves. Providers of
this technical support are required to be suitably
objective and independent from financial involvement
in the markets covered by the relevant standards - a
requirement mandated by the standards agreements
themselves.

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Please note: The contract start date for Lot 1 has changed. Please refer to sourcing documents.

Closing date and time for receipt of bids: 30/11/2017 14:00

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All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants shall
first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If Bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at
https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link 'Supplier eSourcing Registration'. Please note that, to register, Bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are
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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk