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Type of document: Tender issued
Country: United Kingdom

MOD Contract Bidders Notice
GB-FCG/017: Satellite and Mission Simulator

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Section I: Contract Title
Contract Title: GB-FCG/017: Satellite and Mission Simulator

Section II: Identification Numbers
MOD Contract Notice Nr: FCG/017
ITT Number: 701165385

Section III: Relevant Dates
Proposed/Estimated ITT Issue Date: 24/03/2021
Proposed/Estimated ITT Return Date: 30/04/2021
Proposed Issue Date of Contract: 07/07/2021
Proposed Completion Date of Contract: 31/03/2023

Section IV: Issuing Branch / Organisation Details
Notice Address
Official Name: MOD
Address: Abbey Wood
Town: Bristol
Telephone: +44 117 9132548
Email: Amy.Ford398@mod.gov.uk
For attention of: Amy Ford
Postcode: BS34 8JH
Country: United Kingdom
Fax:
Internet Address:

Section V: Product / Service Descriptor Code
Industry Codes:
73410000 – Military Research & Technology.

Section VI: Summary of Requirements / Description of Work
Summary of Requirements / Description of Work: Military Research & Technology. ARTSIM, as the baseline deliverable, will provide a set of generic default satellite configurations which can be used for the analysis of a range of mission operations and capability objectives. The system must take a flexible, distributed architecture approach, providing for a range of spacecraft components to be simulated to a level of fidelity which can be determined by the team utilising the tool. The system shall utilise high quality GUI and animations to visualise satellite and orbit configurations. MOD require the capability to deploy ARTSIM as a stand-alone software process, running on a single machine, or as a VM deployed on a hypervisor, or as a cloud based application running in a container.

Simulation of the satellite systems, subsystems and interfaces in both real-time and simulated time, will provide an operationally ready capability, which is able to represent, as simulation instances, a range of satellite implementations (including constellations), with a full range of orbit configurations. ARTSIM shall enable user (local or remote) control of the simulation including setting parameters and starting/stopping the simulation. ARTSIM shall have a set of default underlying functions, but also enable user definition of system mathematical models including orbit function, satellite function and unit models. ARTSIM shall include interface connectivity functionality, enabling connection to hardware through electrical interfacing to support in the loop testing via a test harness. Software interfacing shall enable connection to external databases, networks or remote control i.e TT&C databases and external Check-out systems

The ARTSIM product shall support the simulation of system level configurations in the different mission phases (off-launcher separation, and solar panel deployment), definition of the reference systems, the functional block diagrams of the satellite, payload and equipment layouts and functional paths.
The ARTSIM product shall support the development and understanding of satellite level system budgets including:
• Mass
• Inertial properties
• Unit power consumption for all operational modes
• Power available in different mission phases

Section VII: Contract Strategy
Contract Strategy: Prime Contract

Section VIII: Contractors Invited to Bid
Contractors Invited to Bid:

Official name: Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd
Postal Address: Devonport Royal Dockyard
City: Plymouth
Postcode: PL1 4SG
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint:
For Attention Of: Mark Broster
Telephone: 01925404002
Email: m.broster@fnc.co.uk
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No
Official name: Northern Space and Security Limited
Postal Address: 5a Linnet Court, Cawledge Business Park, Hawfinch Drive
City: Alnwick
Postcode: NE66 2GD
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: Ralph Dinsley
For Attention Of: Ralph Dinsley
Telephone: 01665603582
Email: dinz.dinsley@norss.co.uk
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No
Official name: Raytheon Systems Limited
Postal Address: Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow
City: Essex
Postcode: CM17 9NA
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: Christopher Earl
For Attention Of: Christopher Earl
Telephone: 01279 407573
Email: christopher.earl@raytheon.co.uk
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No
Official name: RHEATECH Ltd
Postal Address: R71, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus
City: Didcot
Postcode: OX11 0QX
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: John Bone
For Attention Of: John Bone
Telephone: 07555966737
Email: j.bone@rheagroup.com
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No
Official name: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
Postal Address: Tycho House, 20 Stephenson Road
City: Guildford
Postcode: GU2 7YE
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: Clive Oates
For Attention Of: Clive Oates
Telephone: 01483 804273
Email: C.Oates@sstl.co.uk
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No
Official name: Thales Alenia Space UK Ltd
Postal Address: 350 Longwater Avenue, Green Park
City: Reading
Postcode: RG2 6GF
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint: Stewart Hall
For Attention Of: Stewart Hall
Telephone: 07583172475
Email:
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No
Official name: CGI IT UK Limited
Postal Address: 14th Floor, 20 Fenchurch Street
City: London
Postcode: EC3M 3BY
Country: United Kingdom
ContactPoint:
For Attention Of: Peter Death
Telephone: 07876 741403
Email: peter.death@cgi.com
Fax:
Is a contractor classed as a SME? No