1. Beschaffer
1.1.
Beschaffer
Offizielle Bezeichnung: European Space Agency
Rechtsform des Erwerbers: Internationale Organisation
Tätigkeit des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Allgemeine öffentliche Verwaltung
2. Verfahren
2.1.
Verfahren
Titel: IHE1-2 Smallsat Project 2026
Beschreibung: One of the main objectives of the Space strategy for Europe is to foster a globally competitive and innovative European space sector, in particular by improving support to technological maturation for sub-systems, equipment and technologies, including in-orbit demonstration and validation activities, to reduce time to market. To ensure the European Union non-dependence and competitiveness in technologies, there is a clear need for a regular, sustainable, cost-effective and responsive In Orbit Demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) service in the European Union. Space flight heritage in real conditions and environment is often required to de-risk innovations such as new technologies, products, concepts, architectures, and operations techniques are they for unique or recurrent, institutional or commercial missions. On 31 March 2023, the European Commission issued a Call for Expression of Interest for In Orbit Demonstration/Validation of Experiments Needing Aggregation, open until 15 March 2027 with multiple cut-off dates. The objective is to promote European competitiveness and non-dependence by offering flight opportunities through IOD/IOV for European Experiments. The European Commission pre-selects on a regular basis a number of Experiments that may fly with the Horizon Europe In-orbit Demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) Service. The SmallSat Project 2026 will provide the Horizon Europe In-orbit demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) service with a Carrier based on European SmallSat platforms, with a system total mass (including experiments) in the range of 250 kg. The SmallSat Project 2026 Contractor will be responsible for specifying and delivering all elements required to accommodate a set of experiments selected by the European Commission, in order to bring them into space and to allow for demonstration and/or validation purposes. These activities include: - system studies, at ground and space segments levels, including accommodation analysis of the IOD/IOV Experiments on the IOD/IOV Carrier and the compatibility analysis with the available launch solutions, - input to the launch mission analysis for the launch services provider, - manufacturing, assembly, integration and test of the whole IOD/IOV spacecraft based on EU manufactured solutions including the selected experiments, - ground segment capabilities (facilities and operators) to operate the IOD/IOV mission, - management of interfaces between the different IOD/IOV Experiments and the IOD/IOV Carrier, - inputs to launcher interfaces, - transport and delivery of the IOD/IOV spacecraft to the Launch Site, - launch campaign, - launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), - operations of the IOD/IOV spacecraft for maximum one year taking into account the specific needs of the experiments, - delivery of the experiments in-flight data to the experiment providers, with a right to use for ESA and EU, - decommissioning of the IOD/IOV spacecraft at the end of the operations. This project is funded by the European Union. ESA is the Contracting Authority and runs the procurement under the ESA/REG/001 rev.5 adapted as per the signed FFPA Agreement.
2.1.1.
Zweck
Art des Auftrags: Lieferleistungen
Haupteinstufung (cpv): 34712200 Satelliten
2.1.2.
Erfüllungsort
Postanschrift: ESA-ESTEC Keplerlaan 1
Stadt: Noordwijk
Postleitzahl: 2201 AZ
Land, Gliederung (NUTS): Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (NL363)
Land: Niederlande
2.1.4.
Allgemeine Informationen
Zusätzliche Informationen: The ITT package (cover letter, statement of work, special conditions of tender, draft contract) will be available on ESA tendering website (esa-star - https://esastar-publication-ext.sso.esa.int/). In order to access the ITT package on esa-star, Tenderers must be registered on the platform as potential ESA suppliers. Any tenderer which is not yet registered with ESA as a potential supplier must complete the online questionnaire in esa-star: https://esastar-emr.sso.esa.int/. Further information on the registration process can be found on ESA's industry portal, available at: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Business_with_ESA/How_to_do/esa-star_registration_process. Please note that esa-star allows to levels of entity registration: 'Light' and 'Full'. This allows new users wishing to do business with ESA to carry out their registration in two steps. While 'Light' registration will grant access to all esa-star services up to and including proposal submission, the award of ESA contracts requires 'Full' registration.
Rechtsgrundlage:
Richtlinie 2014/24/EU
8. Organisationen
8.1.
ORG-0001
Offizielle Bezeichnung: European Space Agency
Registrierungsnummer: ESA
Postanschrift: Keplerlaan 1
Stadt: Noordwijk
Postleitzahl: 2201 AZ
Land, Gliederung (NUTS): Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (NL363)
Land: Niederlande
Kontaktperson: Roman Roussel
Telefon: +31 71 565 50 32
Rollen dieser Organisation:
Beschaffer
8.1.
ORG-0000
Offizielle Bezeichnung: Publications Office of the European Union
Registrierungsnummer: PUBL
Stadt: Luxembourg
Postleitzahl: 2417
Land, Gliederung (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Land: Luxemburg
Telefon: +352 29291
Rollen dieser Organisation:
TED eSender
Kennung/Fassung der Bekanntmachung: fe1d7835-28fc-4e1c-8289-077bfbe17d5e - 01
Formulartyp: Planung
Art der Bekanntmachung: Bekanntmachung der Veröffentlichung einer Vorinformation oder einer regelmäßigen nicht verbindlichen Bekanntmachung in einem Beschafferprofil
Unterart der Bekanntmachung: 1
Datum der Übermittlung der Bekanntmachung: 12/06/2026 11:37:42 (UTC+00:00) Westeuropäische Zeit, GMT
Sprachen, in denen diese Bekanntmachung offiziell verfügbar ist: Englisch
Veröffentlichungsnummer der Bekanntmachung: 409793-2026
ABl. S – Nummer der Ausgabe: 113/2026
Datum der Veröffentlichung: 15/06/2026