Technical support services

Tender description

The UK Space Agency intends to procure technical support to ensure that the working level technical activities of the space standards bodies: Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), Inter-Operability Advisory Group (IOAG) and European Ground System — Common Core (EGS-CC) are supported. This work will be carried out in a coordination and sometimes advisory function, but 1 at a very technical level that demands key competences — technical knowledge, organisational or individual qualifications in space engineering, operations, and applications themselves. Providers of this technical support are required to be suitably objective and independent from financial involvement in the markets covered by the relevant standards – a requirement mandated by the standards agreements themselves. The UK Space Agency has a requirement to procure technical support to ensure that the working level technical activities of the space standards bodies: Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), Inter-Operability Advisory Group (IOAG) and European Ground System — Common Core (EGSCC) are supported. In order to fulfil this requirement UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) acting on behalf of The UK Space Agency, plan to divide the requirements in to 3 Lots, specific to the Space Standards Bodies' particular requirements. Bidders can apply for 1 lot, or more than 1 lot. Lot 1: Technical Support — Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS). Technical support will be carried out in a coordination and sometimes advisory function, but 1 at a very technical level that demands key competences – technical knowledge, organisational or individual qualifications in space engineering, operations, and applications themselves. Providers of this technical support are required to be suitably objective and independent from financial involvement in the markets covered by the relevant standards. The UK Space Agency has a requirement to procure technical support to ensure that the working level technical activities of the space standards bodies: Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), Inter-Operability Advisory Group (IOAG) and European Ground System — Common Core (EGSCC) are supported. In order to fulfil this requirement UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) acting on behalf of The UK Space Agency, plan to divide the requirements in to 3 Lots, specific to the Space Standards Bodies' particular requirements. Bidders can apply for 1 lot, or more than 1 lot. Lot 2: Technical Support — Inter Operability Advisory Group (IOAG). Technical support will be carried out in a coordination and sometimes advisory function, but 1 at a very technical level that demands key competences – technical knowledge, organisational or individual qualifications in space engineering, operations, and applications themselves. Providers of this technical support are required to be suitably objective and independent from financial involvement in the markets covered by the relevant standards. The UK Space Agency has a requirement to procure technical support to ensure that the working level technical activities of the space standards bodies: Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), Inter-Operability Advisory Group (IOAG) and European Ground System — Common Core (EGSCC) are supported. In order to fulfil this requirement UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) acting on behalf of The UK Space Agency, plan to divide the requirements in to 3 Lots, specific to the Space Standards Bodies' particular requirements. Bidders can apply for 1 lot, or more than 1 lot. Lot 3: Technical Support — The European Ground System — Common Core (EGS-CC). Technical support will be carried out in a coordination and sometimes advisory function, but 1 at a very technical level that demands key competences — Technical knowledge, organisational or individual qualifications in space engineering, operations, and applications themselves. Providers of this technical support are required to be suitably objective and independent from financial involvement in the markets covered by the relevant standards.