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title: "UKRI-2630 Provision of WBD science operations support for the Cluster Mission"
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# UKRI-2630 Provision of WBD science operations support for the Cluster Mission

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2630-provision-of-wbd-science-operations-support-for-the-cluster-mission-ocds-h6vhtk-045018). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-2630 Provision of WBD science operations support for the Cluster Mission". 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 Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045018`

## 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/ukri-2630-provision-of-wbd-science-operations-support-for-the-cluster-mission-ocds-h6vhtk-045018#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of archiving services for a a data set of the Joint Science Operations Centre for the Cluster mission.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Cluster is a European Space Agency mission, consisting of 4 identical satellites orbiting in free formation to examine the interaction of the Sun with the Earth's magnetic field. The supplier is appointed to provide specialist archiving activities fo...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011166-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **University of Sheffield**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-19146`
  - Value: €139,194 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011166-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: €139,194
  - Signed Date: 03/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011166-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-05T15:05:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T20:50:38.886Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045018