# RFP-FY-22-20 Robot System for In-Orbit Service & Manufacturing Simulation

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Satellite Applications Catapult](/buyers/satellite-applications-catapult/contract-awards)
- Published: 13 October 2021
- Planned start: 26 November 2021
- Planned end: 25 November 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 0ee59413-b2c2-4569-9ad7-124130be86b0-476653
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b245d05a-3544-4811-9653-f401a0fe13ef

## Description

The Catapult requires a two-robot solution that enables testing and validation of capabilities for IOSM functions\. The IOSM facility will sit within a space of 21\.6m \(length\) x 12\.3m \(wide\) x 8m \(height\) within the Westcott Disruptive Innovation for Space Centre\. Additional control rooms and laboratories will be available for preparation, experimentation and other activities\. The system will provide a nationally unique facility with two industrial type robots \(one of which is mounted on a travel track\) capable of representing equivalent motion in all axis and capable of supporting spacecraft \(or scale representations\) up to 50kg each\.

## Related contract awards

- [IOSM Dynamic Tracking & Updating of Robot Motion](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76f31a9e-401d-413f-b1d3-796ecaf45bb9): Satellite Applications Catapult
- [Managed Detection and Response \(MDR\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7014b624-d17c-4e4e-be3b-259fd68b6928): Satellite Applications Catapult
- [Reconfiguration of IOSM Yard and Safety System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2e67824b-549d-4b1d-919b-fb66533093b4): Satellite Applications Catapult

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0ee59413-b2c2-4569-9ad7-124130be86b0-476653)