Pipeline Framework: Concurrent Design Facility

A pipeline has been launched for Concurrent Design Facility.The contract start Date is 3 April 2023. Approach to market date is 9 January 2023.The Satellite Applications Catapult’s Concurrent Design Facility should accelerate the creation of complex systems designs, by allowing multidisciplinary teams to collaborate in real-time. The facility can also be made available to external teams. The studies are not necessarily focused on space missions, but could include downstream as well as upstream projects.The scope of the procurement is(1) the definition of the Concurrent Design Facility, including its underlying concurrent design processes, visualisation and information management(2) the (hardware) delivery and commissioning of that Facility. The Facility should be designed in such a way that it can be moved to different rooms depending on the number of participants to the design process.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Satellite Applications Catapult, Electron Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Didcot OX11 0QR. Tel: 01235567977. Email: james.morrison@sa.catapult.org.uk (James Morrison)