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Published 22 May 2023, 08:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for Emissions of Green House Gas Data

Official notice

Authority: SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)

Awarded value£5,500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 2 Jun 2023no call for competition

Awarded to GHGSat (UK) Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract is for the purchase of data generated by satellites on where, when and by how much methane emissions are made across the UK and internationally. This includes a substantial archive of data and an ongoing delivery of new data from satellites tasked by UK customers.

This contract allows multiple users to access the data via the vendors service platform.

Deliverables include:

Abundance dataset: Access the abundance datasets for select locations (approximately 5,000 images); a multi-layered image containing methane concentration amounts and surface reflectance. Spatial resolution is less than 50m.
Concentration map: Access to concentration maps of methane emissions. Spatial resolution is less than 50m.
Archive data which is historical satellite data from at least the previous two years and for select countries (i.e. spatial extents).

The Satellite Applications Catapult is making this purchase on behalf of the UK Space Agency who have instructed it to use this supplier.

CPV: Data supply services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Following publication of the VEAT notice, the Satellite Applications Catapult has…Awarded

Following publication of the VEAT notice, the Satellite Applications Catapult has allowed a 10-day standstill period prior to entering into the contract, pursuant to regulation 99(3)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The Satellite Applications Catapult has now awarded the contract to GHGSat (UK) Ltd following the expiry of the VEAT notice.

The purchase is being made directly from the supplier as competition is absent for technical and operational reasons.

Delivery: South East · Didcot

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 22 May 2023, 08:54 BST
Last source update: 2 Jun 2023, 09:30 BST
Authority reference: UKSA_SAC_GHG
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-015641
Classification (CPV): Data supply services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ce19 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Due to the absence of competition for technical and operational reasons, this supplier offers the most comprehensive capability for commercially available, taskable measurements of methane emissions at an individual asset scale with specialism in methane detection.

Publisher note: (MT Ref:229407) (MT Ref:229523)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £5,500,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 2 Jun 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
GHGSat (UK) LimitedSME	£5,500,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
GHGSat (UK) LimitedSME	£5,500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 015641-2023-UKSA_SAC_GHGSat-1 · GHGSat (UK) LimitedSME
Signed
2 Jun 2023
Value
£5,500,000
Status
active
Contract 014429-2023-UKSA_SAC_GHGSat-1 · GHGSat (UK) LimitedSME
Signed
19 May 2023
Value
£5,500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Satellite Applications Catapult

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRTOSpace Sector Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Didcot, UK, OX11 0QRContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

GHGSat (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street,, London, UK, EC4N 6AF

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.