UK SBS PR18167 UKSA Space Surveillance and Tracking

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***PLEASE NOTE: LOTS 1 AND 2 AWARDED UNDER THIS CONTRACT. THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY WILL NOT AWARD LOT 3*** ***DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER*** Note : Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this is unfortunately a system generated error that is outside of the Contracting Authority's control. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an agency of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and is responsible for co-ordinating the UK's civil space priorities across Government and Industry. It is also Government's regulator for satellite operations under the Outer Space Act 1986 and will be responsible for the regulation of certain aspects of launch under the Space Industry Act 2018, including all launches to orbit. To support these activities the UKSA is funding a series of studies to develop the corporate knowledge on a variety of topics to enhance its ability to assess and manage the risks related to these activities. The UKSA wish to procure technical services to inform assessment of the likely future space environment in terms of technological, industrial and political factors. The required studies will produce detailed analysis of the civil factors likely to impact the orbital environment and SST capability over the next 5-25 years. The studies has been divided into 3 Lots as follows: • Lot 1: New satellite technologies • Lot 2: Industrial and political landscape • Lot 3: Future SST capability .Bidders may bid for 1 lot or multiple lots.