Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence, DE&S, Abbey Wood #1261
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK11 - Bristol, City of
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
FCG/017 Satellite and Mission Simulator (Contract Award Notice)
Reference number
701165385
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73410000 - Military research and technology
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
FCG/017 Satellite and Mission Simulator
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £869,900
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73410000 - Military research and technology
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Military Research and Technology. On behalf of UK Space Command, Defence Equipment and Support is seeking to procure a modular, event driven fully data representative satellite simulator for use in design, development, integration, test and operation of space segment assets; this will be used in support of the ARTEMIS mission. ARTSIM, as the baseline deliverable, will provide a set of generic default satellite configurations which can be used for the analysis of a range of mission operations and capability objectives. The system must take a flexible, distributed architecture approach, providing for a range of spacecraft components to be simulated to a level of fidelity which can be determined by the team utilising the tool. The system shall utilise high quality GUI and animations to visualise satellite and orbit configurations.MOD require the capability to deploy ARTSIM as a stand-alone software process,running on a single machine, or as a VM deployed on a hypervisor, or as a cloud based application running in a container.Simulation of the satellite systems, subsystems and interfaces in both real-time and simulated time, will provide an operationally ready capability, which is able to represent, as simulation instances, a range of satellite implementations (including constellations), with a full range of orbit configurations. ARTSIM shall enable user(local or remote) control of the simulation including setting parameters and starting/stopping the simulation. ARTSIM shall have a set of default underlying functions, but also enable user definition of system mathematical models including orbit function, satellite function and unit models. ARTSIM shall include interface connectivity functionality, enabling connection to hardware through electrical interfacing to support in the loop testing via a test harness. Software interfacing shall enable connection to external databases, networks or remote control i.e. TT&C databases and external Check-out systems The ARTSIM product shall support the simulation of system level configurations in the different mission phases (off-launcher separation, and solar panel deployment),definition of the reference systems, the functional block diagrams of the satellite,payload and equipment layouts and functional paths.The ARTSIM product shall support the development and understanding of satellite level system budgets including:• mass,• inertial properties,• unit power consumption for all operational modes,• power available in different mission phases.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
REDACTED
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 248-619194
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
701165385
Title
FCG/017 - Satellite and Mission Simulator
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17 January 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NORTHERN SPACE & SECURITY LTD
5A, LINNET COURT CAWLEDGE BUSINESS PARK
ALNWICK
NE662GD
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £896,900
Total value of the contract/lot: £896,900
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence
DE&S, Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Country
United Kingdom