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National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Project ADORA Ionosondes

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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: "National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Project ADORA Ionosondes". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Science, Innovation & TechnologyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
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Published history for Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
18.9%Historical Average
Based on 6 comparable awards
Competition Density
7.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
National Physical LaboratoryTop vendor: 79.7% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 88 active published awards; 10 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
National Physical Laboratory2 wins£180,578,750
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory2 wins£16,748,680
WAVEMAKER LIMITED1 win£10,000,000
PA Consulting Services Ltd1 win£9,800,000
Plexal (City) Limited1 win£3,037,720
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Science, Innovation & Technology
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published25 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
Last source update25 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dfb2
What is being bought
Project ADORA will support the rapid development and deployment of a new ionosonde system in the UK which will be used for ionospheric monitoring to inform space weather decision-making and risk management. Project ADORA will also include the software suite to facilitate remote monitoring and scaling modelling capabilities. This represents the next phase of a previous project to develop and deploy ionosonde technology in the UK which was led by the University of Birmingham.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    25 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    10 Aug 2026, 09:31 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    10 Aug 2026, 09:31 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    10 Aug 2026, 09:31 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    25 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
  2. Award active
    25 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £1,062,499
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
The University of Birmingham
£1,062,499 · 25 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PVWZ-3216-PVQL
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  • Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL
    22 Whitehall, London, UKI32, SW1A 2EG, GB
    uksa.commercial@dsit.gov.uk

  • The University of Birmingham
    supplier

    GB-COH: RC000645
    The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UKG31, B15 2TT, GB
    procurement@bham.ac.uk
Award and contract changes
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