Space Regulatory Sandboxes

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                "description": "DSIT will be holding a webinar as part of its Governing Space Delivery group on Thursday the 11th of June between 11:00 and 12:00 BST to provide an opportunity for early engagement, including presenting the proposed scope and an opportunity to feedback on this for lot 2, which relates to multi-mission licensing. Please note engagement with this opportunity is for information only and is not required in order to participate in any future competitive procedure. Any future delivery of the sandbox will be subject to competitive procedure, which we anticipate will take place this summer. Dates provided within this notice are indicative only at this stage. To join the webinar, please email commercial@ukspaceagency.gov.uk to request joining details. Please note this session will not be recorded.",
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        "title": "Space Regulatory Sandboxes",
        "description": "Following the successful delivery of the Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) regulatory sandbox, the Government intends to invest up to PS7 million in further regulatory sandboxes and innovative regulatory tools, focusing on high-growth areas and complex mission types. As part of this programme, we are intending to develop two sandboxes focused on regulatory activity within financial year 26/27. Lot 1 will focus on re-entry and lot 2 will focus on multi-mission licensing. For those who are aware of the previously published notice, this is now a multi-lot tender with a total value of PS1,000,000 inclusive of VAT across both lots. UKSA intends to offer lot 1 as the re-entry sandbox and lot 2 as the multi-mission licencing. Suppliers will be permitted to bid for both, but will be expected to demonstrate in their technical responses that they have capacity to fulfil both lots in the event they are successful. For the avoidance of doubt, suppliers can choose to bid for individual lots. The anticipated publication of the tender notice remains in July. Each lot will have a maximum contract value of PS500,000 inclusive of VAT.",
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