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title: "UK SBS PR19106 SPEQTRE Spacecraft Platform and Software"
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# UK SBS PR19106 SPEQTRE Spacecraft Platform and Software

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uk-sbs-pr19106-speqtre-spacecraft-platform-and-software-ocds-h6vhtk-028f1a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED: "UK SBS PR19106 SPEQTRE Spacecraft Platform and Software". Published status: complete. Published 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 SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-ltd-gov-ot1391)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Satellite platforms
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £750,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028f1a`

## 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/uk-sbs-pr19106-speqtre-spacecraft-platform-and-software-ocds-h6vhtk-028f1a#tl-md)

## Description
The project called “Speqtre” formerly known as “QKD QubeSat” is a collaboration between the Singapore and UK (BEIS) governments, and could lead to a more secure online activity for consumers in everything from financial transactions to online conversations. The project scope is to build and fly a satellite quantum key distribution (QKD) test bed. Through this collaboration, Singapore and the UK will co-develop a satellite called “Speqtre””, a satellite based on the CubeSat standard that will use a pioneering QKD technology to test the secure distribution of cryptographic keys over globe-spanning distances. The project was kicked off around Feb 2019 and is currently around PDR stage. The satellite is expected to
be launched around Q3/Q4 2023. In the UK, work will be led by UKRI, responsible for the development of the platform (BUS) and the optical payload for optical links needed for beaming QKD signals, known as the ‘Optical Payload’.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The project called “Speqtre” formerly known as “QKD QubeSat” is a collaboration between the Singapore and UK (BEIS) governments, and could lead to a more secure online activity for consumers in everything from financial transactions to online convers...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001988-2021-PR19106-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-3916`
  - Value: £750,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001988-2021-PR19106-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £750,000
  - Signed Date: 21/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001988-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-01T17:32:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:22:43.469Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028f1a