H2.1/2024/009 COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT - COPERNICUS MISSION PLANNING SERVICE

The objective of this activity is to ensure the continuation of the current Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Mission Planning (MP) operations and maintenance until end of March 2028. The new Copernicus Mission Planning Service will cover the following activities: - Sentinel-1 Mission Planning system maintenance - Sentinel-2 Mission Planning system maintenance …

CPV: 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Place of execution:
H2.1/2024/009 COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT - COPERNICUS MISSION PLANNING SERVICE
Awarding body:
ESA-ESRIN
Award number:

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : ESA-ESRIN
Legal type of the buyer : International organisation
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : H2.1/2024/009 COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT - COPERNICUS MISSION PLANNING SERVICE
Description : The objective of this activity is to ensure the continuation of the current Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Mission Planning (MP) operations and maintenance until end of March 2028. The new Copernicus Mission Planning Service will cover the following activities: - Sentinel-1 Mission Planning system maintenance - Sentinel-2 Mission Planning system maintenance - Station Resources Allocation (SRA) maintenance and operations - Routine Mission Planning operations (including Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites observation and downlink planning, planning of operational acquisition resources including X-Band services and/or European Data Relay System (EDRS), planning of Sentinel-1 Collaborative Stations, operations of interfaces with Flight Operations Segment (FOS) (and as relevant EDRS Mission Operations Center (MOC) and Alphasat links)) - Sentinel-1 emergency planning operations in support to the Copernicus Emergency Service and to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters - Set-up, maintenance and operations of an interface point (MPIP) providing access to the MP related information, to be accessed by authorized entities (e.g., S-3/S-5P/CO2M MP services, acquisition services, etc.). An optional extension will be included to continue the service after end of March 2028, for the duration of 36 months. This optional extension will include the gradual integration of the Mission Planning operations for the Copernicus Expansion Missions (CRISTAL, ROSE-L, LSTM, CIMR, and CHIME) in line with their respective launch dates. The activity will be funded by the EU Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, under the Copernicus component of the EU Space Programme. Consequently, the invitation to tender (ITT) will be open exclusively to economic operators which are established in an EU Member State or in a country participating in the Copernicus component of the EU Space Programme. An economic operator is recognised as established and belonging to an EU Member State or to a Copernicus Participating State in the light of the following criteria: location of the enterprise’s registered office, decision-making centres and research centres, and territory on which the work is to be carried out. Potential Tenderers are asked to note that the United Kingdom became a Copernicus Participating State on 1 January 2024.

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Italy
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Frascati, Rome

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : The ITT will be published on ESA-Star and will provide in detail the participating conditions. In order to access the ITT Package, Tenderers must be registered in esa-star as potential ESA suppliers. Any Tenderer, which is not yet registered with ESA as a potential supplier, must complete the online questionnaire in esa-star, https://esastar-emr.sso.esa.int/. Further information on the registration process can be found in ESA’s INDUSTRY PORTAL available at: - http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Business_with_ESA/esa-star_open_for_business - http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Business_with_ESA/How_to_do/esa-star_Registration_Process Please note that esa-star allows two levels of entity registration: “Light” and “Full”. This allows new users wishing to do business with ESA to carry out their registration in two steps. While “Light” registration will grant access to all esa-star services up to and including proposal submission, the award of ESA contracts requires “Full” registration. The issue of the Invitation to Tender is foreseen in Q1 2025. ESA intends to place one (1) contract as a result of this procurement for an initial duration of a maximum of 31 months until the end of March 2028, with an optional extension of additional 36 months, “,which will include the gradual integration of the Mission Planning operations for the Copernicus Expansion Missions (CRISTAL, ROSE-L, LSTM, CIMR, and CHIME) in line with their respective launch dates.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : ESA-ESRIN
Registration number : c/o ESRIN
Department : c/o ESRIN
Postal address : Via Galileo Galilei 1
Town : FRASCATI
Postcode : 00044
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Roma ( ITI43 )
Country : Italy
Contact point : Anais Gaudry
Telephone : 0039 06 941801
Internet address : www.esa.int
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : bb2b2e8c-892f-434b-b9ea-8eea6417a9e4 - 01
Form type : Planning
Notice type : Notice of the publication of a prior information notice or a periodic information notice on a buyer profile
Notice dispatch date : 29/11/2024 10:32 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00735127-2024
OJ S issue number : 234/2024
Publication date : 02/12/2024