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Published 15 Dec 2025, 13:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5557 ISAR Software Development

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£168,726published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 27 Feb 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to University of Birmingham Enterprise Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

nverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) for imaging of satellites in low Earth orbit.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
72200000 Software programming and consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
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
15 Dec 2025, 13:45 GMT
Last source update
27 Feb 2026, 13:39 GMT
Authority reference
UKRI-5557
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017928
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f5be Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The services required are to develop and optimise the processing algorithms for our radar. This requires working with existing imaging radars and development of the processing

algorithms of our radar systems.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

27 Feb 2026 → 10 Mar 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published242 days ago
    27 Feb 2026, 13:39 GMT
  2. Standstill ends231 days ago
    10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    15 Dec 2025, 13:45 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 13:39 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    13 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £168,7261 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Birmingham Enterprise LimitedSME13 Mar 2026 – 31 Oct 2026£168,72627 Feb 2026standstill to 10 Mar 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender