Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration

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Description

**This planned procurement follows earlier market engagement undertaken by UK Space Agency (UKSA) through the Request for Information (RFI) published under Find a Tender Notice 2026/S 000-035409. Overall responses to the RFI demonstrated market interest and a range of potential approaches, while also identifying areas where further technical, commercial, cost and delivery evidence is required before UKSA could consider progressing to a full demonstration mission. UKSA has therefore decided to adopt a staged approach, commissioning multiple R&D projects across RPOD and IOM to explore differing approaches, reduce uncertainty and strengthen the evidence base for future investment decisions. This is one of two concurrent procurements being progressed following consideration of the outputs from that RFI exercise, the other being for In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation R&D Projects. Please see respective notices on Find a Tender.** Procurement description: The UK Space Agency (UKSA) intends, subject to final approvals, to launch a competitive procurement examining the feasibility of delivering a UK In-Orbit Servicing mission to demonstrate a Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docki…

Official publications

• In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects
  Published: 19 October 2026
• PS26312 - Industry representation and engagement services 2026/27
  Published: 16 October 2026
• Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/27
  Published: 16 October 2026
• Physical and Personnel Security Assessment for UK Telecoms
  Published: 16 October 2026
• Telecoms Restructuring Advice
  Published: 16 October 2026
• CSP26640 - Branding Services for the Government Cyber Profession
  Published: 16 October 2026
• Researchfish Explorer Subscription 2026–2027
  Published: 15 October 2026
• Social science of power and water outage
  Published: 15 October 2026
• Bibliometric data renewal
  Published: 12 October 2026
• Government Office for Technology Transfer - PRIMA 4
  Published: 12 October 2026

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The submission deadline is 20 November 2026. Check the official source, as dates can be modified.

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The estimated value published by the buyer is £2,100,000.

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The contracting authority is Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (United Kingdom).

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