Very High Resolution (VHR) daily satellite imagery All Wales products

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (35)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Wales (UKL)

Awarded value£700,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Mar 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Planet Labs2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of a 12 month licence to access a Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery Fusion product to provide daily cloud free, shadow free imagery for All Wales, which integrates actual and simulated optical data to give a daily view of the Welsh landscape, allowing interrogation and integration into existing systems. In addition, access for Welsh Government and identified partners to a continuous daily flow of all Wales coverage, VHR satellite (4 and 8 band) imagery and tasking of 50cm resolution imagery with daily or sub daily All Wales coverage.

Welsh Government will be utilising and testing the Fusion product and continuous daily coverage of VHR imagery to support multiple and specific Welsh Government requirements.

CPV: Data supply services · Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance · Observation satellites · Satellites

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Wales

34712200 Satellites 35631200 Observation satellites 35720000 Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Mar 2022, 11:35 GMT
Last source update: 13 Feb 2023, 14:39 GMT
Authority reference: C230/2021/2022
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-004368
Classification (CPV): Data supply servicesIntelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissanceObservation satellitesSatellites
Delivery area: Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031f1e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Based on knowledge and experience of the current market and supported by independent advice, only one Supplier is able to provide a licence to daily VHR imagery covering all of Wales and the ability to task 50cm daily imagery supports Welsh Governments specific requirements. The combination of the Supplier’s Fusion product with access to a continued flow of daily VHR imagery is unique.

Publisher note: as per Voluntary ex ante transparency notice_MAR390898 (ref: D276/20021/2022) (WA Ref:129086)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £700,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 7 Mar 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Planet Labs	£700,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Planet Labs	£700,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 004368-2023-C230/2021/2022-1 · Planet Labs
Signed
7 Mar 2022
Value
£700,000
Status
active
Contract 006277-2022-C230/2021/2022-1 · Planet Labs
Signed
7 Mar 2022
Value
£700,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Welsh Government

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Commercial & Procurement ICT, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Planet LabsAwarded supplier Kurfürstendamm 22, Berlin, DE3, 10719Berlin

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.