Contracts for Innovation: UK Space Agency Unlocking Space for Defence (USD) and National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) BOREALIS Resident Space Object (RSO) Characterisation Devel...
UK Space Agency’s Unlocking Space for Defence (USD) and the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) are offering funding to eligible organisations. It is anticipated that between three and five contracts will be awarded, each valued between £120,000 and £250,000 (inclusive of VAT), to eligible organisations to apply, to research and develop initial proof of concepts for characterisation of resident space objects and similar solutions that directly improve the quality of data being ingested within the BOREALIS syst...
Buyer
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Value
£625,000
Published
7 Aug 2026
Closes
4 Sept 2026
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Westminster
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
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Contract ends
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CPV classifications
72212100
Industry specific software development services
Lots
Lot 1 Contracts for Innovation: UK Space Agency Unlocking Space for Defence (USD) and National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) BOREALIS Resident Space Object (RSO) Ch...
£625,000
Documents
Unlock document linkCompetition Brief
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Competition Brief
Bidding documents · PDF
Annex B -Contracts for Innovation Additional Guidance
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Annex B -Contracts for Innovation Additional Guidance
Bidding documents · PDF
Annex C - Finance Sheet.
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Annex C - Finance Sheet.
Bidding documents · Excel spreadsheet
Annex D - IP Declaration
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Annex D - IP Declaration
Bidding documents · File
Annex A - Contracts for Innovation Model Contract
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Annex A - Contracts for Innovation Model Contract
Bidding documents · File
Tender notice on Find a Tender
7 Aug 2026
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Tender notice · UK4 · Web page
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