Published date: 27 January 2022
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Contract summary
Industry
Military research and technology - 73410000
Location of contract
NE66 2GD
Value of contract
£869,900
Procurement reference
tender_265463/1036486
Published date
27 January 2022
Closing date
25 May 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
17 January 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
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
Military Research and Technology. On behalf of UK Space Command, Defence Equipment and Support is seeking to procure a modular, event driven fully data representative satellite simulator for use in design, development, integration, test and operation of space segment assets; this will be used in support of the ARTEMIS mission. ARTSIM, as the baseline deliverable, will provide a set of generic default satellite configurations which can be used for the analysis of a range of mission operations and capability objectives. The system must take a flexible, distributed architecture approach, providing for a range of spacecraft components to be simulated to a level of fidelity which can be determined by the team utilising the tool. The system shall utilise high quality GUI and animations to visualise satellite and orbit configurations.MOD require the capability to deploy ARTSIM as a stand-alone software process,running on a single machine, or as a VM deployed on a hypervisor, or as a cloud based application running in a container.Simulation of the satellite systems, subsystems and interfaces in both real-time and simulated time, will provide an operationally ready capability, which is able to represent, as simulation instances, a range of satellite implementations (including constellations), with a full range of orbit configurations. ARTSIM shall enable user(local or remote) control of the simulation including setting parameters and starting/stopping the simulation. ARTSIM shall have a set of default underlying functions, but also enable user definition of system mathematical models including orbit function, satellite function and unit models. ARTSIM shall include interface connectivity functionality, enabling connection to hardware through electrical interfacing to support in the loop testing via a test harness. Software interfacing shall enable connection to external databases, networks or remote control i.e. TT&C databases and external Check-out systems The ARTSIM product shall support the simulation of system level configurations in the different mission phases (off-launcher separation, and solar panel deployment),definition of the reference systems, the functional block diagrams of the satellite,payload and equipment layouts and functional paths.The ARTSIM product shall support the development and understanding of satellite level system budgets including:- mass,- inertial properties,- unit power consumption for all operational modes,- power available in different mission phases.
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Award information
Awarded date
17 January 2022
Contract start date
17 January 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Total value of contract
£869,900
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
NORTHERN SPACE & SECURITY LTD
Address
NORTHERN SPACE & SECURITY LTD 5A, LINNET COURT CAWLEDGE BUSINESS PARK ALNWICK, NE662GD
Reference
Companies House number: 10758658
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Amy Ford
Address
Ministry of Defence, DE&S, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
England
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Closing: 25 May 2021, 12pm