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Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/27

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£283k
Deadline21 Aug 2026
Published16 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 16 Jul 202626 days leftCloses 21 Aug 2026
Who to contact
UKSA.commercial@dsit.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

UKSA is using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement. **DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the portal.** Please review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found in the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier. If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ Once you are logged into the system, you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for ‘Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies 2026/27'. The ITT reference number is itt_2647. Alternatively, follow this link to the ITT: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/35451424019EF8B3293B Applications will close at 11:00 GMT (UK time) on 21st August 2026. It will not be possible to submit applications beyond this deadline.

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Contract value in context
£283ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Office of the Chief Engineer within the UK Space Agency (UKSA) is intending to identify delivery partners to support a set of studies that will support ongoing research being performed as part of its role in the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC).

The IADC has 13 member states that conduct technical research to inform their publications on how to measure, model, protect from and mitigate space debris.

The primary purpose is to exchange information on space debris research activities between members, to facilitate opportunities for cooperation in space debris research, to review the progress of ongoing cooperative activities and to identify debris mitigation options.

The UK has been a member for nearly 30 years and has been helping to guide the international policy over this time.

The IADC consists of a steering group and four working groups - Measurements, Environment and Database, Protection and Mitigation.

The studies that have been identified will seek to support on-going research being performed in each of these working groups.

UKSA is seeking suppliers to perform technical studies of relevance to three of the four IADC working groups.

We will require the supplier to fulfil the specification, including defining framework/model where needed and putting theoretical metrics into practice.

We are splitting this competition into multiple lots linked to three of the four IADC working groups.

Prospective bidders should note this requirement is not seeking any studies this year in support of IADC Working Group 1.

Bidders may bid for and be awarded one or more studies within each lot.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is not necessary to bid for multiple studies to be eligible to participate.

UKSA reserves the right to award multiple contracts in the event of budget availability and sufficient high-quality proposals.

Equally, UKSA reserves the right to not award individual lots where insufficient high quality proposals are received.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Office of the Chief Engineer within

The Office of the Chief Engineer within the UK Space Agency (UKSA) is intending to identify delivery partners to support a set of studies that will support ongoing research being performed as part of its role in the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC).

02

The studies that have been identified

The studies that have been identified will seek to support on-going research being performed in each of these working groups.

03

Prospective bidders should note this requirement is

Prospective bidders should note this requirement is not seeking any studies this year in support of IADC Working Group 1.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Stage
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