FTS UK public procurement

Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-0681e3
Tender value£889,1884 awards · 2 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 14 September 2026
Buyer
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — 10 August 2026

Description

The Contracting Authority awards two contracts for the development of regulatory sandboxes. As part of this programme, we are intending to develop two sandboxes focused on regulatory activity within financial year 26/27. Lot 1 will focus on re-entry and lot 2 will focus on multi-mission licensing. For those who are aware of the previously published notice, this was issued as a multi-lot tender. UKSA offered lot 1 as the re-entry sandbox and lot 2 as the multi-mission licencing.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

4 shown
Active

Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox

Awarded
27 August 2026
Award value
£327,380
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied
Active

Multi-Mission Licencing Regulatory Sandbox

Awarded
27 August 2026
Award value
£475,237
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied
Active

Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
10 September 2026
Active

Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
10 September 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

3 parties
Buyer

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

22 Whitehall, London, UKI32, SW1A 2EG, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PVWZ-3216-PVQL
Supplier

Satellite Applications Catapult Limited

Quad 3 Rutherford Avenue, Harwell Innovation Campus, UKJ14, OX11 0DF, United Kingdom

Companies House 07964746 →

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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