SKYNET ENDURING CAPABILITY WIDEBAND SATELLITE SYSTEM PRE-PQQ

The UK MOD SKYNET Enduring Capability (SKEC) Delivery Team invites industry to respond to the Wideband Satellite System (WSS) Pre-PQQ. Please refer to the Opportunity listing for more details: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=56364

The SKYNET Enduring Capability (SKEC) Project will deliver the next era of satellite communications (SATCOM) to the MOD using new space assets. This procurement is for the design, manufacture and post-design services of up to three wideband GEO satellite systems, associated ground equipment, and launch operations incorporating measures deliver an Assured Capability.

The functionality of the requirement will include X band, Mil-Ka band and UHF broadcast communications payload serving multiple service areas; Secure Telemetry, Tracking and Command using X, Mil-Ka and S-bands; Inter-satellite links for both communications payload traffic and STT&C; ability to link to anchors at Mil-KA and X band; Nuclear radiation hardening at SAL-2 and protective measures and have a minimum life of 15 years. These satellite systems, and the procurement, are known as the SKYNET Enduring Capability Wideband Satellite System (SKEC WSS).

The SKEC WSS procurement is exempt from the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and the application of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 to protect UK essential security interests. The obligations, rights, and remedies under the PCR and/or DSPCR therefore do not apply to this Procurement.

You can find previously published information about the WSS procurement, and the wider SKEC programme, on our collaborative site Defence Share. This is a secure site and if you wish to apply for access, please request this by emailing UKStratComDD-CM-SatcomSKEC-IE@mod.gov.uk. Information can also be found on the SKYNET Enduring Capability (SKEC) programme page on the gov.uk website.