Official UK procurement notice
Earth Observation: Data Products and Services for the UK Public Sector 'Public Sector EO'
Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) intends to procure commercial satellite-derived Earth Observation (EO) data and associated Earth Observation services for use across the UK public sector. The procurement will support improved access to commercial EO capabilities, reduce duplicated procurement activity, enable greater sharing and reuse of data across government, and support evidence-based decision making across a range of public sector activities. The procurement has been designed following extensive engagement with public sector users and suppliers and reflects the Authority’s objective of establishing a more coordinated approach to the acquisition and use of commercial EO data and services.
The procurement will comprise two Lots:
Lot 1 – Core Commercial Earth Observation Data
A contract for the supply and licensing of core commercial optical satellite-derived Earth Observation data for use across the UK public sector. The successful supplier will provide data, associated rights, metadata, quality assurance information and supporting services required to support delivery through an access model.
Lot 2 – Specialist Earth Observation Services
A single-supplier call-off contract for specialist Earth Observation data products, monitoring services and analytical capabilities. Anticipated demand does not constitute guaranteed expenditure or supplier revenue.
The procurement will be conducted using a Competitive Flexible Procedure through the Government Commercial Agency Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market (RM6370). The Authority intends to award one contract under each Lot. Contracts are expected to be awarded for an initial period of three years with an option to extend for up to one additional year.
The procurement is expected to support public sector use cases including environmental monitoring, infrastructure management, climate resilience, emergency response, agricultural monitoring, rural payments, land management and wider policy development. It has been structured to support both established suppliers and specialist providers, including SMEs, consortia and supply chain arrangements where appropriate.
The information in this notice remains subject to final decision-making and suppliers should refer to the Tender documentation once published for final details.
Dynamic Market Participation
Participation in the procurement will be limited to suppliers admitted to the CCS Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market (RM6370). Suppliers who are not currently members of the Dynamic Market are encouraged to apply for admission as soon as possible. As the Dynamic Market remains open throughout its lifetime, suppliers may seek admission at any stage prior to the procurement closing date. The Authority wishes to maximise competition and encourages all capable suppliers to register.
Supplier registration:
CCS Space Technology Solutions Dynamic Market (RM6370)
The Authority recommends that suppliers allow sufficient time to complete the Dynamic Market admission process before the tender submission deadline.
CPV: Aerial mapping services · Data services · Data supply services · Geographic information systems (GIS or equivalent) · Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance · Observation satellites · Software supply services · Surface observing apparatus
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£54,030,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Core Commercial DataPlannedRenewalPublished value£33,200,000
Lot 1 covers the supply and licensing of core commercial optical EO data for use across the UK public sector.
The scope of Lot 1 may include:
- Current commercial optical EO data products.
- Historic imagery to support temporal analysis, seasonal comparison and change detection.
- Associated metadata and quality assurance information.
- Licensing rights and permissions required to support public sector access and use.
Data delivery, integration support and associated technical services required to support the Authority's intended delivery model.
Lot #2Specialist EO data products, monitoring services and analytical capabilitiesPlannedRenewalPublished value£20,830,000
Lot 2 - eligible UK public sector organisations may procure specialist EO data products, monitoring services and analytical capabilities from the awarded supplier via call-off.
The scope of Lot 2 may include:
- Routine monitoring data services
- Higher resolution and tasked data services
- Historic and archive data services
- Analytics and monitoring services
- Validation and decision-support services
- Field evidence collection services
- Data access, hosting and delivery services associated with specialist EO products and services
- Implementation, training and user support services required to support operational use
The Lot 2 contract will not create a commitment by the Authority or any User to place a Call-Off Order.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 50%
- Cost: 30%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Quality of supplier response
- Cost: Cost of the Proposal
- Social Value: Social Value in line with PPN 026
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Department for Science, Innovation & Technology buys Military spacecrafts (CPV 3563), and who usually turns up
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1 bid4% / 18%
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4–628% / 30%
7+52% / 15%
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Below estimate64% / 48%
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Lot #1Core Commercial DataCPV 35Published estimate£33m
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1 bid18%
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Lot #2Specialist EO data products, monitoring services and analytical capabilitiesCPV 35Published estimate£21m
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1 bid18%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2025, 09:49 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
GDS5841- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085379- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0592cfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Sept 2025 → 31 Mar 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published3 Sept 2025, 09:49 BST
- Market engagement152 days ago26 May 2026, 23:59 BST
This engagement is the second Pre-market Engagement on this topic following an initial pre-market engagement held on 17th September 2025.
We intend to invite interested suppliers who expressed interest in attending the first pre-market engagement session to attend a webinar to be hosted by the Government Digital Service on Tuesday 26th May at 2:00 PM.
Any other interested suppliers who did not attend the first session but who would like to attend this second session, are requested to give notification of their interest to attend a webinar.
Notice of interest should be sent via email to [email protected] by 5:00 PM GMT 19th May 2026, with the company name and email address(es) of the attendee(s). Suppliers are permitted to nominate up to three individuals from each organisation.
- Latest notice published47 days ago9 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
- Tender notice expected13 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 11 days6 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 25 days20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 131 days5 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 156 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Sept 2025, 09:49 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 May 2026, 16:36 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published9 Sept 2026, 13:14 BSTUK3
- Published value published: £54,030,0009 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
- Status changed to planned9 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Sept 2026, 13:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender