Procurement Summary
Country: Netherlands
Summary: Ihe1-2 Smallsat Project 2026
Deadline: 30 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 15 Jun 2026
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Notice Type: Procurement Plan/GPN/PIN
TOT Ref.No.: 143329383
Document Ref. No.: 409793-2026
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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34712200 - Satellites
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One of the main objectives of the Space strategy for Europe is to foster a globally competitive and innovative European space sector, in particular by improving support to technological maturation for sub-systems, equipment and technologies, including in-orbit demonstration and validation activities, to reduce time to market. To ensure the European Union non-dependence and competitiveness in technologies, there is a clear need for a regular, sustainable, cost-effective and responsive In Orbit Demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) service in the European Union. Space flight heritage in real conditions and environment is often required to de-risk innovations such as new technologies, products, concepts, architectures, and operations techniques are they for unique or recurrent, institutional or commercial missions. On 31 March 2023, the European Commission issued a Call for Expression of Interest for In Orbit Demonstration/Validation of Experiments Needing Aggregation, open until 15 March 2027 with multiple cut-off dates. The objective is to promote European competitiveness and non-dependence by offering flight opportunities through IOD/IOV for European Experiments. The European Commission pre-selects on a regular basis a number of Experiments that may fly with the Horizon Europe In-orbit Demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) Service. The SmallSat Project 2026 will provide the Horizon Europe In-orbit demonstration/Validation (IOD/IOV) service with a Carrier based on European SmallSat ...
Document Type: Prior Information Notice
Contract Type: supplies
Authority Type: int-org
Doc Title: IHE1-2 Smallsat Project 2026
Dispatch Date: 2026-06-12
Publish Date: 2026-06-15
Submission Date: 2026-07-30
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