UK SBS PR19106 SPEQTRE Spacecraft Platform and Software
Details
- Supplier(s)
- ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space
- Value
- £750,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Satellite platforms
- Published
- 1 February 2021
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The project called "Speqtre" formerly known as "QKD QubeSat" is a collaboration between the Singapore and UK (BEIS) governments, and could lead to a more secure online activity for consumers in everything from financial transactions to online conversations. The project scope is to build and fly a satellite quantum key distribution (QKD) test bed. Through this collaboration, Singapore and the UK will co-develop a satellite called "Speqtre"", a satellite based on the CubeSat standard that will use a pioneering QKD technology to test the secure distribution of cryptographic keys over globe-spanning distances. The project was kicked off around Feb 2019 and is currently around PDR stage. The satellite is expected to be launched around Q3/Q4 2023. In the UK, work will be led by UKRI, responsible for the development of the platform (BUS) and the optical payload for optical links needed for beaming QKD signals, known as the 'Optical Payload'.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date22 January 2021
- Completed: Award published1 February 2021Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date20 December 2024
About the buyer
UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS is a central government shared services provider whose procurement team runs procurements for public bodies such as UK Research & Innovation. Every competitively tendered procurement runs through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal, where suppliers register. Lower value opportunities are advertised on Contracts Finder and higher value contracts on Find a Tender. Frameworks hosted by the service, such as one for laboratory consumables, are open to eligible public bodies. Advice on procurement routes and supplier performance sits with the same team. Suppliers to the shared service centre itself have mostly been appointed through Crown Commercial Service frameworks.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and research and development.
Relevant CPV codes
- 32534000 · Satellite platforms
Decision makers
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