Official UK procurement notice
Mission Architecture refinement study
Authority: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation (Education)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: South East (UKJ)
Awarded value£41,666published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Portsmouth has procured a mission refinement study to support the continued development of the CosmoCube space mission. This requirement comprises specialist spacecraft platform engineering and system level design services including detailed mission trade off studies, finalisation of platform-payload interface definitions and refinement of key spacecraft subsystems. The work builds directly on prior UK Space Agency funded design phases and is essential to progress the mission to its next stage of development.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Mar 2026, 09:22 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 09:22 BST
- Authority reference
25-556- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029413- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06788aFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published31 Mar 2026, 09:22 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £41,6661 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd | £41,666 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
- Signed
- 2 Mar 2026
- Value
- £41,666
- Period
- 2 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Surrey Satellite Technology LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender