Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

086885-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 73200000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

10 Oct 2026

The Contracting Authority awards two contracts for the development of regulatory sandboxes. 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 was issued as a multi-lot tender. UKSA offered lot 1 as the re-entry sandbox and lot 2 as the multi-mission licencing.

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Planning notice observed

   14 Apr 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   033719-2026

   Published tags

   planning

2. Planning record updated

   14 Apr 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   033725-2026

   Published tags

   planningUpdate

3. Planning record updated

   14 Apr 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   033730-2026

   Published tags

   planningUpdate

4. Planning record updated

   15 Apr 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox

  Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologySupplier: Space Professionals Partnership Limited

  End date in notice

  31 Mar 2027

  Value shown in notice

  £327,380Published award value

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox

  View record references

  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  1

• Multi-Mission Licencing Regulatory Sandbox

  Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologySupplier: Satellite Applications Catapult Limited

  End date in notice

  31 Mar 2027

  Value shown in notice

  £475,237Published award value

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

No recurrence, renewal or options wording appears in these notices.

No exact source-published process relationship was found.