500087-2023 - ResultSpain-Torrejón de Ardoz: Subscription to Maxar's SecureWatch Service for the Acquisition of Very High Resolution Imagery Reference Number
OJ S 157/2023 17/08/2023
Contract award notice
Services
Legal Basis:
Public procurement rules of the European Union Satellite Centre

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1.
Name and addresses
Official name: European Union Satellite Centre (Satcen)
National registration number: N0063121H
Postal address: Avenida de Cádiz, Ed. 457. Base Aérea de Torrejón
Town: Torrejón de Ardoz
NUTS code: ES3 Comunidad de Madrid
Postal code: 28850
Country: Spain
Contact person: Adrian Sanchez
E-mail: procurement.satcen@satcen.europa.eu
Telephone: +34 916786000
Fax: +34 916786006
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.satcen.europa.eu
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.satcen.europa.eu
I.4.
Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5.
Main activity
Other activity: Security & Defence

Section II: Object

II.1.
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1.
Title
Subscription to Maxar's SecureWatch Service for the Acquisition of Very High Resolution Imagery Reference Number
Reference number: SatCen NP-14/23
II.1.2.
Main CPV code
72319000 Data supply services
II.1.3.
Type of contract
Services
II.1.4.
Short description
The European Union Satellite Centre (Satcen) needs to access, consult and consume via streaming (with the possibility to download) very high resolution satellite imagery (with native spatial resolution equal or better than 50 cm), both archive and recently acquired, on a worldwide level, through a one-year subscription to a cloud-based service.
II.1.6.
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7.
Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT: 400 000,00 EUR
II.2.
Description
II.2.2.
Additional CPV code(s)
35631200 Observation satellites
II.2.3.
Place of performance
NUTS code: ES3 Comunidad de Madrid
II.2.4.
Description of the procurement
The Satcen needs to access, consult and consume very high resolution satellite imagery (with native spatial resolution equal or better than 50 cm) in order to perform operational analysis at the level of detail required to fulfil its missions under the service level agreement entered into by the Satcen and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX).
II.2.5.
Award criteria
Price
II.2.11.
Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13.
Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14.
Additional information
The SatCen intends to await a standstill period of 10 days before contract signature.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1.
Description
IV.1.1.
Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Although there exist different commercial providers capable of delivering satellite imagery through an online platform, to the best of our knowledge only Maxar Intelligence Inc. is currently able to provide an online platform that fulfils the following requirements:
(i) includes imagery with a native spatial resolution equal or better than 50 cm with more than 16 years of historical multispectral imagery;
(ii) the only platform in the market offering access to imagery acquired by GeoEye, WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, WorldView-3 and decommissioned Satellites like QuickBird, Ikonos or WorldView-4;
(iii) among the offered sensors, the WorldView-3 sensor has eight unique very high resolution SWIR bands that can provide additional information about the presence of e.g. polymers, camouflage, man-made heat sources (i.e.: detection of migrant makeshift camps) or wildfires;
(iv) delivers newly collected imagery within 24 hours or better;
(v) sends email alert notifications with quick look to users upon imagery insertion in the platform over user defined AOIs, without the need to be connected to the platform;
(vi) offers transfer of unused GB quota under any new subscription.
Accordingly, competition for the supply of very high resolution satellite imagery through an online platform is currently absent for technical reasons, as there are no reasonable alternative suppliers or substitutes to Maxar Intelligence Inc.
In addition, the Satcen can only purchase the subscription to the SecureWatch service from Maxar Intelligence Inc, as this economic operator enjoys exclusive distribution rights of the SecureWatch service as regards the Satcen that must be ensured.
IV.1.3.
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8.
Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2.
Administrative information
IV.2.8.
Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system
IV.2.9.
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2.
Award of contract
V.2.1.
Date of conclusion of the contract
10/08/2023
V.2.2.
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3.
Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Maxar Intelligence Inc
Town: Westminster, Colorado
NUTS code: US United States
Country: United States
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4.
Information on value of the contract/lot
Total value of the contract/lot: 400 000,00 EUR
V.2.5.
Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3.
Additional information
Due to the fact that a negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice based on Section 4.4.5.b of the SatCen Procurement Manual is concerned, the contract has not been signed yet as the SatCen needs to await a 10-day standstill period before contract signature after the publication of this award notice on the OJEU, pursuant to Section 4.5.9 of the SatCen Procurement Manual. The date of conclusion of the contract under Section V.2.1) is the date of the award decision.
VI.4.
Procedures for review
VI.4.1.
Review body
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergruenewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 43031
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu/
VI.4.2.
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman
Town: Strasbourg
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
E-mail: eo@ombudsman.europa.eu
Telephone: +33 388172313
Fax: +33 388179062
Internet address: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/
VI.4.4.
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: European Union Satellite Centre (Satcen)
Postal address: Avenida de Cádiz, Ed. 457. Base Aérea de Torrejón
Town: Torrejón de Ardoz
Postal code: 28850
Country: Spain
E-mail: info@satcen.europa.eu
Telephone: +34 916786000
Fax: +34 916786006
Internet address: https://www.satcen.europa.eu/
VI.5.
Date of dispatch of this notice
10/08/2023