Ariel on-Board Software ISVV Tender, France - 100859494

Procurement Summary

Country : France

Summary : Ariel on-Board Software ISVV

Deadline : 15 May 2024

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 100859494

Document Ref. No. : 24.AISA.004

Competition : ICB

Financier : Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : ESA CENTRE FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
Paris Tel: +33-153 697654
France

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Ariel on-Board Software ISVV

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. A mission lifetime extension of a further 2 years is also considered. In this framework, the objective of the present procurement is the selection of the contractor to support the development of the Satellite-s On-Board Software (OBSW) Independent Verification and Validation (ISVV) 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 objective of the ISVV is to perform - by an independent Entity - the verification and validation of OBSW software requirements, design code, validation and verifications aiming at identifying faults and weaknesses as early as possible and to create confidence in the software scrutinised, ultimately leading to meet the ECSS-E-ST-40C and ECSS-Q-ST-80C-Rev.1 criticality B requirements for V&V. The scope of ISVV is tailored for each OBSW software component / product in accordance with the Software Criticality Analysis Report (SCAR) and the definition of the ISVV Levels by the Prime. The requested ISVV process consists of the following main activities: - Technical specification analysis (requirements verification) - Design analysis (architectural and detailed design verification) - Code and Unit Tests analysis (source code verification) - Validation Tests analysis - Analysis of the provided SW budgets report - Independent Validation

Documents

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