Official UK procurement notice
UKSAC22_0055 - Earth Observation Instrumentation Programme
Authority: UK Space Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK 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 publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
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%
- 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03743fFind 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- Submission deadline
- 14 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Nov 2022, 11:00 GMT
Timeline
3 Nov 2022 → 17 Dec 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published3 Nov 2022, 18:13 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened14 Nov 2022, 11:00 GMT
- Contract starts17 Dec 2022
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DateIV.2.7 · IV | 14 Nov 2022 | 21 Nov 2022 | +7 d |
| — | DateIV.2.2 · IV | 14 Nov 2022 | 21 Nov 2022 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria