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Mission Architecture refinement study

University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:27.

Opportunity overview

The University of Portsmouth has procured a mission refinement study to support the continued development of the CosmoCube space mission. This requirement comprises specialist spacecraft platform engineering and system level design services including detailed mission trade off studies, finalisation of platform-payload interface definitions and refinement of key spacecraft subsystems. The work builds directly on prior UK Space Agency funded design phases and is essential to progress the mission to its next stage of development.

Awarded to

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Contract value
£41.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£50k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 01916260
Location
Guildford, UKJ25, GU2 7YE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
25-556
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation
Id
GB-PPON-PWYV-2655-NPMQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWYV-2655-NPMQ

Address

Street Address
University House
Locality
Portsmouth
Postal Code
PO1 2UP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
Id
GB-COH-01916260

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
01916260

Address

Street Address
20 Stephenson Road, Surrey Research Park
Locality
Guildford
Postal Code
GU2 7YE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ25

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
34700000
Description
Aircraft and spacecraft
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
38000000
Description
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
73300000
Description
Design and execution of research and development

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-01916260
Name
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
2 Mar 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
2 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
50,000
Amount
41,666
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
029413-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
31 Mar 2026, 09:22
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Portsmouth · UKJ31 · PO1 2UP · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 029413-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·