1.1 Buyer
Official name
:
European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)
Subscription to Maxar’s MGP Pro service for the acquisition of very high-resolution imagery
The SatCen needs to acquire a one-year subscription to MGP Pro (Maxar’s Geospatial Platform, formerly known as “SecureWatch”), a cloud-based service giving access to very high resolution satellite imagery (with a native spatial resolution equal or better than 50 cm) and a large historical dataset of satellite imagery, in order …
CPV: 72319000 Servicios de suministro de datos, 35631200 Satélites de observación
1. Buyer
2. Procedure
2.1 Procedure
Title
:
Subscription to Maxar’s MGP Pro service for the acquisition of very high-resolution imagery
Description
:
The SatCen needs to acquire a one-year subscription to MGP Pro (Maxar’s Geospatial Platform, formerly known as “SecureWatch”), a cloud-based service giving access to very high resolution satellite imagery (with a native spatial resolution equal or better than 50 cm) and a large historical dataset of satellite imagery, in order to perform geospatial analysis at the level of detail required to fulfil its missions under the service level agreement entered into by the SatCen and the European Border and the Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX).
Procedure identifier
:
ebe36a80-d9c2-40a6-9d92-66b63492cfab
Internal identifier
:
SatCen NP-17/24
Type of procedure
:
Negotiated without prior call for competition
2.1.1 Purpose
Main nature of the contract
:
Services
Main classification
(
cpv
):
72319000
Data supply services
Additional classification
(
cpv
):
35631200
Observation satellites
2.1.4 General information
Additional information
:
Competition is absent for technical reasons since, to the best our knowledge, Maxar’s MGP Pro is the only online platform that: a) includes satellite imagery with a native spatial resolution equal or better than 50cm with more than 16 years of historical multispectral imagery; b) offers access to imagery acquired by GeoEye, WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3 and decommissioned satellites like QuickBird, Ikonos or WorldView-4; c) offers satellite imagery collected by the WoldView Legion constellation of satellites, which consists of six satellites with different orbits (only 2 of them in orbit at this stage); d) offers the WV-3 sensor, with eight unique very high resolution SWIR bands that can provide additional information about the presence of e.g. polymers, camouflage, man-made heat sources (i.e.: detection of migrant makeshift camps), wildfires,…etc; and e) delivers newly collected imagery within 24 hours or less. In addition, the SatCen can only purchase the subscription to the MGP Pro service from Maxar Intelligence Inc, as this economic operator enjoys exclusive distribution rights as regards the SatCen that must be ensured. The SatCen intends to await a standstill period of 10 days before contract signature.
Legal basis
:
Other
Public procurement rules of the European Union Satellite Centre - Section 4.4.5 (b) of the SatCen Procurement Manual, available at:
https://www.satcen.europa.eu/keydocuments/SatCen_procurement-manual%20V0565c35349ac64050001cdb6d0.pdf
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5. Lot
5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001
Title
:
Subscription to Maxar’s MGP Pro service for the acquisition of very high-resolution imagery
Description
:
The SatCen needs to acquire a one-year subscription to MGP Pro (Maxar’s Geospatial Platform, formerly known as “SecureWatch”), a cloud-based service giving access to very high resolution satellite imagery (with a native spatial resolution equal or better than 50 cm) and a large historical dataset of satellite imagery, in order to perform geospatial analysis at the level of detail required to fulfil its missions under the service level agreement entered into by the Satcen and the European Border and the Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX).
5.1.1 Purpose
Main nature of the contract
:
Services
Main classification
(
cpv
):
72319000
Data supply services
5.1.3 Estimated duration
Duration
:
1
Year
5.1.6 General information
Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
:
no
5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation
:
General Court of the European Union
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
:
European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)
Procurement service provider
:
Maxar Intelligence Inc.
TED eSender
:
Publications Office of the European Union
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice
:
500 000
Euro
Direct award
:
Justification for direct award
:
The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of an
absence of competition for technical reasons
Other justification
:
The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
8. Organisations
8.1 ORG-0001
Official name
:
European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)
Registration number
:
N0063121H
Postal address
:
Apdo. de Correos 511
Town
:
Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid.
Postcode
:
28850
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Madrid
(
ES300
)
Country
:
Spain
Telephone
:
+34 916786000
Fax
:
+34 916786006
Roles of this organisation
:
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
8.1 ORG-0004
Official name
:
General Court of the European Union
Postal address
:
rue du Fort Niedergruenewald
Town
:
Luxembourg
Postcode
:
L2925
Country subdivision (NUTS)
:
Luxembourg
(
LU000
)
Country
:
Luxembourg
Telephone
:
+352 43031
Roles of this organisation
:
Review organisation
8.1 ORG-0005
Official name
:
Maxar Intelligence Inc.
Postal address
:
1300 W. 120th Ave.
Town
:
Westminster, Colorado
Postcode
:
80234
Country
:
United States
Telephone
:
+352 43031
Roles of this organisation
:
Procurement service provider
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
Roles of this organisation
:
TED eSender
11. Notice information
11.1 Notice information
Notice identifier/version
:
f346128b-54a4-4bf6-95c8-45de57a99202
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01
Form type
:
Direct award preannouncement
Notice type
:
Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice
Notice dispatch date
:
30/09/2024
10:33 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available
:
English
11.2 Publication information
Notice publication number
:
00589347-2024
OJ S issue number
:
191/2024
Publication date
:
01/10/2024