Contract for Emissions of Green House Gas Data

Description

Contract is for the purchase of data generated by satellites on where, when and by how much methane emissions are made across the UK and internationally. This includes a substantial archive of data and an ongoing delivery of new data from satellites tasked by UK customers. This contract allows multiple users to access the data via the vendors service platform. Deliverables include: - Abundance dataset: Access the abundance datasets for select locations (approximately 5,000 images); a multi-layered image containing methane concentration amounts and surface reflectance. Spatial resolution is less than 50m. - Concentration map: Access to concentration maps of methane emissions. Spatial resolution is less than 50m. - Archive data which is historical satellite data from at least the previous two years and for select countries (i.e. spatial extents). The Satellite Applications Catapult is making this purchase on behalf of the UK Space Agency who have instructed it to use this supplier. Lot 1: Following publication of the VEAT notice, the Satellite Applications Catapult has allowed a 10-day standstill period prior to entering into the contract, pursuant to regulation 99(3)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Satellite Applications Catapult has now awarded the contract to GHGSat (UK) Ltd following the expiry of the VEAT notice. The purchase is being made directly from the supplier as competition is absent for technical and operational reasons.