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# Gravity Offload System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gravity-offload-system-ocds-h6vhtk-046ff7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED: "Gravity Offload System". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/satellite-applications-catapult-limited-GB-COH-07964746)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industrial robots
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £303,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046ff7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gravity-offload-system-ocds-h6vhtk-046ff7#tl-md)

## Description
An overhead gantry system that will enable simulation of orbital environments by off-loading the effect of gravity on a suspended object. The system provided will installed in the Catapult's existing facility and will cover an area of 6m x 6m x 6m (l x w x h) and capable of carrying a 150kg payload. The system will be required to suspend objects in a free-floating manner but be able to move the object when a force is applied to it, thus simulating the in-orbit dynamics experienced during contact between space craft. Installation & commissioning of the system is to be included by the supplier.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** An overhead gantry system that will enable simulation of orbital environments by off-loading the effect of gravity on a suspended object. The system provided will installed in the Catapult's existing facility and will cover an area of 6m x 6m x 6m (l...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Gravity Offload System (active)
  - Award id: `018422-2024-SAC-25-002-1`
  - Supplier(s): **AMENTUM CLEAN ENERGY LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-180459`
  - Value: £303,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Gravity Offload System (active)
  - Signed Value: £303,000
  - Signed Date: 13/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018422-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-14T10:29:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T13:00:27.589Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046ff7