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Transport Systems Catapult

Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP)

TransportCPV 60440000 63730000 71600000 73100000 73200000 73300000
Value£50k
Awarded14 Oct 2018
Published7 Nov 2018
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Transport Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

THE ANSP WILL PROVIDE CONSULTANCY AND KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A UTM ARCHITECTURE AND THE CORRESPONDING MESSAGING AND DATA-EXCHANGE MECHANISMS, AND WORK TOWARDS DELIVERING A SIMULATION OF A MULTI-UTMSP OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.

THE APPOINTED PARTY WILL WORK : - ON DELIVERY OF ITERATIONS OF ITS SYSTEM TEST-HARNESS THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE EXISTING USE-CASES AND SCENARIOS. - TO PROVIDE A VISUALISATION TOOL (AN EXISTING SYSTEM USED) TO SHOW THE DATA-EXCHANGE OF MANNED AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS WITH UNMANNED AIR TRAFFIC. - WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO PRODUCE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION, PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS.

Key requirements

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01

THE ANSP WILL PROVIDE CONSULTANCY AND KNOW

THE ANSP WILL PROVIDE CONSULTANCY AND KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A UTM ARCHITECTURE AND THE CORRESPONDING MESSAGING AND DATA-EXCHANGE MECHANISMS, AND WORK TOWARDS DELIVERING A SIMULATION OF A MULTI-UTMSP OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.

02

TO PROVIDE A VISUALISATION TOOL (AN EXISTING

TO PROVIDE A VISUALISATION TOOL (AN EXISTING SYSTEM USED) TO SHOW THE DATA-EXCHANGE OF MANNED AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS WITH UNMANNED AIR TRAFFIC.

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OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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