United Kingdom-Salisbury: Satellite Earth Stations

Type of document: Contract Awards
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2018/S 138-314880/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Postal address: Bldg 5, Rm G02-D, Dstl Porton Down
Town: Salisbury
Postal code: SP4 0JQ
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1980952684
Email: jmvleuven@dstl.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Satellite Earth Stations

Reference number: TED/85/2018-217233
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 32533000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). DSTL requires a relocatable satellite groundstation, and associated services, to conduct research and development (R and D) into activities including demonstrator missions, satellite operations, telemetry, and payload reception.
The groundstation shall initially be designed to communicate with multi-mission demonstrator satellites, orbiting in both LEO and GEO, designed and built by existing Dstl/MOD suppliers, but also with those of other international satellite suppliers, including those produced directly by the governments of sovereign nations. The communications are in ITU frequency allocation bands. As an R and D asset, the Customer envisages minor modifications to the RF specification throughout the groundstation’s operational lifetime to ensure multi-mission functionality.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)
Value:665750
Currency:GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKK1
Main site or place of performance:Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Customer requires a relocatable satellite groundstation, and associated services, to conduct research and development (R and D) activities including demonstrator missions, satellite operations, telemetry, and payload reception.
The groundstation shall initially be designed to receive payload data from on-orbit demonstrator satellites designed and built by existing DSTL/MOD suppliers, but also with those of other international satellite suppliers, including those produced directly by the governments of sovereign nations. The satellites orbit in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO).
The long-term objective is to develop the groundstation to include satellite mission monitoring and control with Tasking, Telemetry and Command (TT and C) capability for on-orbit satellite(s).

II.2.5)Award criteria

II.2.11) Information about options
Options yes
Description of options: Optional compatible equipment/parts:
The groundstation has a deployable hard covering to protect the antenna dish and feeds during transport when in the stowed position.
Optional services:
Provide an Extended Express Warranty by up to a further three (3) years after the original five (5) year period.
Provide Maintenance and Technical Support for up to three (3) years from the end of the Warranty cover.
Provide a costed option to upgrade the antenna reflector dish to at least 6m in diameter (replacing >5m specified) with no additional upgrades to the rest of the groundstation at later date.
Provide an End of Life (EoL) solution to the Customer for the groundstation. The Customer will reserve the right to take on the Option at any point within 15 years from acceptance of the groundstation onto the Authority’s site.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
Accelerated procedure
Justification:PIN Released 01/02/2018 – Ref: TED85/2018-217233

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DSTL/AGR/00948/01
A contract/lot is awarded yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2018-07-13
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received:
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot(excluding VAT)

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2018718-DCB-12829436
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Postal address: Bldg 5, Rm G02-D, Dstl Porton Down
Town: Salisbury
Postal code: SP4 0JQ
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1980952684
E-mail: jmvleuven@dstl.gov.uk

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Postal address: Bldg 5, Rm G02-D, Dstl Porton Down
Town: Salisbury
Postal code: SP4 0JQ
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Town: Salisbury
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2018-07-18