UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Review of Non-European Spaceport Capabilities
£24,360 — awarded.
This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.
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The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday, 10th January 2019 at 14:00 Note: DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.
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The UK Space Agency's Spaceflight Programme has an ambition to be the first-mover on developing small scale, commercial spaceflight from the UK, and become a leader in Europe offering such capability.
To achieve this the UK needs to understand its global competitors and the status of their own national spaceflight and small launch plans, including spaceport capability.
Intel gathering, and analysing competition helps inform our discussions with international competitors and policy.
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This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.
How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.
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What the notice asks for
To achieve this the UK needs
To achieve this the UK needs to understand its global competitors and the status of their own national spaceflight and small launch plans, including spaceport capability.
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How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.
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