EGNOS Geostationary Satellite Services for ‘GEO-4’

Description

The subject of the procurement is the provision of a GEO navigation payload service to broadcast EGNOS messages, of two independent uplink stations and of the hosting and support for the maintenance of the EGNOS uplink equipment at each station for a duration of 15 years. The scope of procurement of the ‘EGNOS GEOSTATIONARY SBAS Payload Service — GEO-4’ comprises the following: • provision of the services of an EGNOS SBAS payload on-board a GEO satellite and compliant to requirements expressed in SBAS specifications (RD-1), (RD-2); • provision of two independent ground stations connected to each SBAS payload for the transmission of the EGNOS signals generated by the NLES equipment. This includes hosting and maintenance services for the NLES equipment at each ground station during the period of the service provision phase. The hosting sites shall be located in European Union territories; • a service provision phase of 15 years starting from the operational qualification or Operational Start Date (OSD). The contractor performance during this phase will be governed by a Service Level Agreement (SLA) which define Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to be fulfilled. The OSD shall be declared between 1 January 2022 and 31 July 2024.