Official UK procurement notice
Space Technology Solutions · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Agreement for the provision of Space Technology Solutions to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. The new agreement will offer a range of national and regional providers to support UK public sector bodies to run procurements for both civilian and defence related end user space and geospatial requirements.
This is a replacement procurement for RM6235 Space- Enabled and Geospatial Services Dynamic Purchasing System, with an enhanced scope of both upstream and downstream services. The full and final list of product types will be determined following supplier and customer engagement.
This procurement is being conducted under the new public procurement regulations.
The duration of this agreement will be confirmed following further market engagement
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
CPV: Aircraft or spacecraft equipment, trainers, simulators and associated parts · Broadcasting equipment · Data services · Data-acquisition system · Development of military aircrafts, missiles and spacecrafts · Environmental monitoring other than for construction · Experimental payload services · Geographic information systems (GIS or equivalent) · Hardware integration consultancy services · Information technology services · Military satellites · Military spacecrafts · +30 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Space Technology Solutions is the next iteration of the Space-Enabled and Geospatial…Planned
Space Technology Solutions is the next iteration of the Space-Enabled and Geospatial services Dynamic Purchasing System and will continue to cover a broad scope for the space enabled technology market, including the geospatial ecosystem.
Space Technology Solutions will also include an enhanced scope of services which have been requested through buyer and supplier engagement, and potentially services amalgamated from other CCS agreements where appropriate. Additional information: Please note the CPV codes may be updated following consultation with customers and suppliers.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2024, 17:12 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2024, 17:12 BST
- Authority reference
RM6370- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-030683- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a2ecFind a Tender
Publisher note: This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Space and Geospatial market. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) are working in collaboration with The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and other public sector bodies to develop the government's route to market for Space Technology Solutions. We aim to exploit the flexibilities under the new procurement regulations (Procurement Act 2023), endeavouring to unlock opportunity through flexible commercial procedures. Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during October 2024 for interested parties. The session will cover our objectives of any subsequent procurement exercise and the potential scope. There will be an opportunity to engage with the team, provide feedback and ask questions. Details of the virtual supplier engagement sessions and subsequent session(s) are included in the link below: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6370 Presentation slides, questions and answers will be made available after the session(s) on this page. The estimated value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over the proposed 8 years and will be further reviewed, updated and confirmed following further engagement with customers. The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4192d249-f8b6-4e7f-9efc-78959f70ee58
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
25 Sept 2024 → 5 Mar 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published25 Sept 2024, 17:12 BST
- Tender notice expected5 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.