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title: "National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Optical Sovereign Sensor Software (OSSS)"
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# National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Optical Sovereign Sensor Software (OSSS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-space-operations-centre-nspoc-optical-sovereign-sensor-software-osss-ocds-h6vhtk-061511). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Space Agency: "National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Optical Sovereign Sensor Software (OSSS)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Space Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-space-agency-gov-ea31)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-061511`

## Before you bid
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- **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/national-space-operations-centre-nspoc-optical-sovereign-sensor-software-osss-ocds-h6vhtk-061511#tl-md)

## Description
UKSA has recently begun the hardware deployment of our Space Domain Awareness optical tracking stations. To operate these effectively, we require software that will enable the autonomous, remote and safe tasking of the sensors and their supporting hardware, with calibrated and corrected high-quality data returned to the central NSpOC wide C2 system (BOREALIS) via an API. 
Suppliers will be required to deliver three high level elements whose architecture and interfaces must be appropriately documents - a Microsoft Azure based sensor network C2 system, an on-premises C2 and hardware safety system and a separate optical processing pipeline that will generate the tracking/pointing and hardware instructions to execute the sensor sessions and return calibrated and corrected satellite tracklets.
UKSA will require the successful supplier to utilise the existing hardware manufacturer provided software interfaces and to use existing commercially available/open-source plate-solving software packages. This is to preserve hardware warranties and minimise assurance activities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Provision of commercial off-the-shelf software solution and software development as per the description outlined above.
UKSA anticipates launching this procedure in mid-March, with a planned deadline for bid submission of 24th April 2026. Contract aw...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009326-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-03T10:33:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:01:37.963Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-061511