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Published 10 Oct 2022, 10:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKSAC22_0055 - Earth Observation Instrumentation Programme

Official notice

Authority: UK Space Agency (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£8,000,000≈ £1.5m / year
Submissions closed 14 Nov 2022
Contract term 5 yrs 3 moends 31 Mar 2028 · extension options published · starts 17 Dec 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Shared Business Services Ltd is putting in place a service contract on behalf of UK Space Agency.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has a requirement to define, let and manage the Earth Observation Instrumentation Programme.

The programme will focus on two key areas:

A Technology Programme

Deliver a mechanism to launch, fund and oversee EO instrumentation development activities accessible to a wide selection of industry, academia and SME institutions (www.ceoi.ac.uk ↗)

B Added Value Programme

Deliver a range of community building events and other activities to support the growth of the UK EO sector and join up industrial, academic and governmental stakeholders.

Optional Scale Up

It is possible that additional grant funding will be made available for the Technology Programme as part of implementing the National Space Strategy.

CPV: Development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal 5 yrs 3 mo
Contract period: 17 Dec 2022 – 31 Mar 2028 (5 yrs 3 mo)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The UK Space Agency will be contracting for an initial period of 27.5 months with optional extensions of 12 months up to a maximum of three (3) additional years from commencement of the Contract (executed at annual intervals), subject to funding.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (11)
  • PROJ1: 16%
  • PROJ2: 5%
  • PROJ3: 5%
  • PROJ4: 5%
  • PROJ5: 7%
  • PROJ7: 7%
  • PROJ8: 5%
  • PROJ9: 5%
  • PROJ10: 5%
  • PROJ11: 10%
  • Price: 30%
Published award criteria (11)
  • PROJ1: 16%
  • PROJ2: 5%
  • PROJ3: 5%
  • PROJ4: 5%
  • PROJ5: 7%
  • PROJ7: 7%
  • PROJ8: 5%
  • PROJ9: 5%
  • PROJ10: 5%
  • PROJ11: 10%
  • Price: 30%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Oct 2022, 10:00 BST
Last source update
3 Nov 2022, 18:13 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Nov 2022 – …
Authority reference
UKSAC22_0055
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031163
Classification (CPV)
Development consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesResearch consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03743f Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any Supplier. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of Bidders. UK Shared Business Services Ltd are able to accept unstructured electronic invoicing. All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity. Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity, unless a system outage is experienced, to which the Contracting Authority will advise upon accordingly. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded. As a user of the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Jaggaer messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you, as well as other messages and updates in relation to any specific tender event. Please note that any and all information secured outside of the messaging service, shall have no Legal Standing, merit or worth and should not be relied upon by any organisation submitting a tender response. Please note it is your organisations responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right: i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of your organisation in doing so. About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

How it was run

Official notice
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Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
14 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Nov 2022, 11:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Nov 2022 → 17 Dec 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    3 Nov 2022, 18:13 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    14 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    14 Nov 2022, 11:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    17 Dec 2022

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DateIV.2.7 · IV14 Nov 202221 Nov 2022+7 d
—DateIV.2.2 · IV14 Nov 202221 Nov 2022+7 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Space Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officePublic Procurement Polaris House, Swindon, South West, SN2 1SZContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria