Official UK procurement notice
National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) EISCAT Membership
Authority: UK Space Agency (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery listed: Sweden (SE)UK
Awarded value£130,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to EISCAT AB
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) observation services to National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC), comprising of radar-based tracking of satellites and orbital debris, associated data products, and limited coordination support, delivered over a one‑year period by EISCAT using its proprietary legacy radar facilities. The contract was directly awarded on the basis that the services can only be provided by a single supplier for technical reasons, as EISCAT exclusively owns and operates the required radar infrastructure.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Mar 2026, 08:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Mar 2026, 08:06 GMT
- Authority reference
UKSAC26_0024- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020681- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0664d2Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published9 Mar 2026, 08:06 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EISCAT ABAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender