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# Inter-Agency Space Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) 2025-26 Studies - Sub-Lot 4.2: Assessment of Technologies Driving Post-Mission Disposal Reliability

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/inter-agency-space-debris-co-ordination-committee-iadc-2025-26-studies-sub-lot-4-2-assessm-ocds-h6vhtk-059be6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Space Agency: "Inter-Agency Space Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) 2025-26 Studies - Sub-Lot 4.2: Assessment of Technologies Driving Post-Mission Disposal Reliability". Published status: complete. Contract 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:** [UK Space Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-space-agency-gov-ea31)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £20,833 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/inter-agency-space-debris-co-ordination-committee-iadc-2025-26-studies-sub-lot-4-2-assessm-ocds-h6vhtk-059be6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059be6`

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- **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.
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/inter-agency-space-debris-co-ordination-committee-iadc-2025-26-studies-sub-lot-4-2-assessm-ocds-h6vhtk-059be6#tl-md)

## Description
This is a switch to direct award under Section 43 of the Procurement Act, on the basis no suitable tender submissions were received for Sub-Lot 4.2 of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) 2025-26 tender. One bid was received which did not satisfy the Contracting Authority's requirements or the award criteria when assessed by reference to the assessment methodology and the relative importance of the criteria indicated under section 23(3).
There was a minor commercial deficiency in the bid which could not be addressed during the tender process, which has been addressed subsequently to facilitate this direct award.
The appointed supplier will investigate the technologies that underpin reliable post-mission disposal operations, considering those that achieve compliance to one or more of the post-mission disposal guidelines within the IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines. Develop and populate a catalogue to capture key information on each technology and critically evaluate the most promising solutions across cases for single-spacecraft missions and large constellations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** UKSAC25_0044: Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee 2025-26 studies - sub-lot 4.2 - assessment of technologies driving post-mission disposal reliability (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **3S NORTHUMBRIA LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:14727800`
  - Value: £20,833 (exc. VAT)

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £20,833
  - Signed Date: 06/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F062799-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-07T10:22:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T15:15:27.557Z
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