Ariel Satellite Data Base (SDB) Support Tender, Italy - 90979734

Procurement Summary

Country : Italy

Summary : Ariel Satellite Data Base (SDB) Support

Deadline : 12 Dec 2023

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 90979734

Document Ref. No. : 23.AISA.010

Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Ariel Satellite DataBase (SDB) Support


Ariel, as the fourth medium-class mission (M4) in the ESA Cosmic Vision Plan, following Solar Orbiter (M1), Euclid (M2) and Plato (M3) is planned for launch in 2029. Its mission aims at determining the chemical composition and physical conditions of the atmosphere for a set of exoplanets and encompasses a duration for a first phase of 6 months for the transit up to the Halo orbit at L2 position, the cooldown, and the commissioning, and an operational phase of 3.5 years. An extended mission lifetime of 2 years is also considered. In this framework, the objective of the present procurement is the selection of the contractor for the Satellite Database Support in accordance with the principles of “ESA Best Practices for the Selection of Subcontractors by Prime Contractors in the frame of ESA-s Major Procurements” (reference ESA BEST PRACTICES IPC(2012)65, rev.2). The Satellite database aims at gathering, sharing, controlling and configuring the main part of the technical data used by different actors of the project. It is a main input for the flight software (Central SoftWare or CSW) development/validation, for the Satellite AIT, and for Operations engineering activities (including the preparation of the Flight Operations manual and procedures). The Satellite database shall contain all the TM/TC and on-ground monitoring data, other data required by the CSW generation tool (software parameters, AOCS parameters, monitoring), equipment data, model parameters, system parameters, calibration parameters, limits, and other data needed by the CSW or the AIT. The scope of this procurement covers the work to be performed by the Database Support contractor in assistance to the Ariel Prime contractor during the implementation phase. The activity will be carried out at Airbus Ltd.-s premises in Stevenage, England, under a contract with them

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