FTS UK public procurement

National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Project ADORA Ionosondes

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-06dfb2
Tender valueNot supplied1 awards · 0 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 10 August 2026
Buyer
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Direct award
Category
Not supplied
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

Project ADORA will support the rapid development and deployment of a new ionosonde system in the UK which will be used for ionospheric monitoring to inform space weather decision-making and risk management. Project ADORA will also include the software suite to facilitate remote monitoring and scaling modelling capabilities. This represents the next phase of a previous project to develop and deploy ionosonde technology in the UK which was led by the University of Birmingham.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown
Pending

NSpOC Project ADORA Ionosondes

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
£1,062,498.67
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties
Buyer

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

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

GB-PPON PVWZ-3216-PVQL

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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