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title: "Provision of external support to UKSA for the development of capabilities relating to national security"
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# Provision of external support to UKSA for the development of capabilities relating to national security

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-support-to-uksa-for-the-development-of-capabilities-relating-to-nati-ocds-h6vhtk-059cd1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Space Agency: "Provision of external support to UKSA for the development of capabilities relating to national security". 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:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-support-to-uksa-for-the-development-of-capabilities-relating-to-nati-ocds-h6vhtk-059cd1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059cd1`

## 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-external-support-to-uksa-for-the-development-of-capabilities-relating-to-nati-ocds-h6vhtk-059cd1#tl-md)

## Description
UKSA intends to procure a supplier to act as an external delivery partner to provide highly specialist knowledge, skills and expertise (KSE) in relation to capabilities relevant to national security, specifically Space Domain Awareness (SDA), In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) and Space Control and Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT). This is a call-off contract for the provision of knowledge, skills and experience relating to individual work packages within SDA, ISAM and PNT that cannot be fulfilled by any other provider on grounds of technical expertise (Schedule 5, Paragraph 6). UKSA will only award call-off contracts through this mechanism following internal technical review to confirm the proposed work package is in scope of this requirement and meets the requirements set out in Schedule 5.
The call-off contract includes a number of work packages relating to national security policy development, feasibility studies and policy insights, including at classifications above OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE.

## 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:** Provision of External Support to UKSA and MoD Space Command for the development of capabilities relating to national security (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Withheld Section94 Supplier**

  - Value: £1,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 31/08/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of External Support to UKSA and MoD Space Command for the development of capabilities relating to national security (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 06/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000626-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-06T11:59:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:27:58.115Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-059cd1