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# Provision of a polar orbiting satellite data reception solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-polar-orbiting-satellite-data-reception-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-02d26b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Met Office: "Provision of a polar orbiting satellite data reception solution". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Met Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/met-office-gov-ea46)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 October 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment, Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d26b`

## 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/provision-of-a-polar-orbiting-satellite-data-reception-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-02d26b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-polar-orbiting-satellite-data-reception-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-02d26b#participate

## Description
Direct broadcast polar satellite data and imagery from a range of polar orbiting satellites are
received and utilised to support the Nowcasting and Numerical Weather Prediction
processes at the Met Office.
These data and imagery are received via two independent polar satellite tracking systems
mounted on 5m towers located in a dedicated, purpose built, “satellite dish enclosure” at
our Met Office HQ site in Exeter, Devon, England. Both of these tracking systems are able to
receive direct broadcasts in both L and X bands, depending on which satellites are over passing at any time.
Each of the tracking systems presents received signals to its own dedicated reception
system, with one antenna dish dedicated to feeding into our IT hall 1, and the other dish into
IT hall 2. This architecture provides us with two separate, independent “reception chains”
which together provide a high level of resilience and data availability. If one reception chain
has a fault, we are still able to receive data via the other chain.
Some of our existing reception infrastructure is now approaching end-of-life. Furthermore,
we are looking to future-proof our systems so that they are ready to receive data from future
satellites/missions

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32000000, 50330000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKK

- **Description:** Direct broadcast polar satellite data and imagery from a range of polar orbiting satellites are
received and utilised to support the Nowcasting and Numerical Weather Prediction
processes at the Met Office.
These data and imagery are received via two ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of a polar orbiting satellite data reception solution (active)
  - Award id: `021234-2022-DN560951-1`
  - Supplier(s): **CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies lnc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-60553`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of a polar orbiting satellite data reception solution (active)

  - Signed Date: 01/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021234-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-03T10:56:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T03:58:19.246Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d26b