To be informed about procurement procedures and needs regarding the EU SST activities, providers can check the below tables, which contain information on how to apply. Please note that the SST Partnership Constituting National Entities individually handle their procurement procedures and needs, following their own procurement rules.
Open procedures
| Title | Description | Deadline for submission | More information |
| Secured data sharing using a Quantum Key Distribution network | The contract includes the study, design, deployment and demonstration of a quantum secured interconnection between the GR_KRYONERI and GR_NOC nodes, both of which are part of EU SST and belong to the National Observatory of Athens. | 30/04/2025 10:00 Athens time | |
| Services of observation, provision and processing of astronomical data from the CHEIA radar | This procurement procedure mainly concerns data acquisition as well as the operation and maintenance of the CHEIA radar in the context of EU SST. | 07/05/2025 15:00 UTC+3 | |
| EU SST – Horizon Scanning study – Counterspace capabilities | Horizon Scanning refers to studies carried out as a forward-looking effort to identify, observe and understand emerging trends, potential issues and long-term developments. The activity aims at systematically processing and making sense of them in an explorative setting. This study will deal with counterspace capabilities and their impact on the orbital environment and SST. | 13/05/2025 11:00 | |
| Space debris laser ranging operations in support of the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) | The aim of this activity is to commission a Laser Ranging Station to carry out measurements on an operational basis, whereby the data obtained from the measurements should make a complementary contribution to the services defined within the framework of EU SST and in particular to the EU SST Catalogue. | 14/05/2025 12:00 | Submission site |
| EU SST – Horizon Scanning study – Implementation of political space ambition | Horizon Scanning refers to studies carried out as a forward-looking effort to identify, observe and understand emerging trends, potential issues and long-term developments. The activity aims at systematically processing and making sense of them in an explorative setting. This study will deal with the implementation of political space ambition, particularly in the SST domain. | 15/05/2025 11:00 | |
| EU SST – R&D on cataloguing algorithms | The aim of this activity is to gain insights into how the quality and quantity of the EU SST Catalogue, as well as the computational performance of the system, can be increased using different algorithms and models and to configure the processing chain accordingly. | 15/05/2025 11:00 | |
| EU SST – R&D on object size estimation | This R&D activity shall investigate whether object size estimation based on observation and catalogue data is possible and operationally usable with regard to correlation, orbit propagation, and catalogue maintenance and build-up. | 15/05/2025 11:00 | |
| EU SST – R&D on DLT added-value analysis | This competitive bidding procedure concerns services related to activities on assessing the added value of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) within the EU SST context. | 15/05/2025 12:00 | |
| EU SST – Preparing the monitoring compliance with mitigation standards | The aim of this project is to develop a software environment that can be used to carry out statistical data analyses on compliance with space debris avoidance measures and other parameters related to the condition of man-made objects in Earth’s orbit (satellites, rocket upper stages, space debris) on the basis of various data sources and additional research. | 23/05/2025 11:00 |
Past procedures
| Title | Description | More information |
| Consultation on the need and definition of a marketplace for space surveillance and tracking services (SST) | This consultation concerns the potential need to establish a marketplace in Europe to connect companies selling services with potential customers that has been identified. This platform could serve to boost and energise the commercial sector around space surveillance and facilitate communications between European companies, positioning them in a competitive environment. | Contract notice |
| Coordinated planning of the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) sensors network | This procedure concerns operation and maintenance activities for the coordinated planning service of the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) sensors network. | TED contract notice |
| Establishment of a database and accompanying scripts for SENTIPLA | This procedure concerns the service of creating a database and accompanying scripts. The main tasks of the system will include downloading, sharing and storing information about the characteristics of a group of devices (sensors), as well as managing system users, their grouping and permissions to view and modify the data contained in the system. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – Architecture studies | This consultation concerns services related to architecture studies within the EU SST Partnership, as defined in the technical specifications. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – Collision Avoidance service operations, maintenance and evolution support | This consultation concerns services related to the CNES operational centre for space surveillance COSE (Centre Opérationnel de Surveillance de l’Espace). | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – Commercial data provision | This consultation aims at the acquisition of commercial data within the framework of the EU SST programme of the European Commission. This involves the integration of already operational commercial sensors, based on known technologies (radars, optical sensors and passive telemetry sensors, laser telemetry and other suitable sensors) installed either on the ground or in space. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – Commercial data provision 2 | This consultation concerns services related to commercial data provision, as defined in the technical specifications. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – Development of innovative optical commercial sensors | This is a call for proposals for projects in order to finance the development of sensors or upgrades of sensors owned by EU companies, through financial support to third parties (cascade funding) under the EUSST2023-26 grant of the EU SST Partnership. | ASI contract notice |
| EU SST – Innovative commercial sensors | This is a call for proposals for projects in order to finance the development of sensors or upgrades of sensors owned by EU companies, through financial support to third parties (cascade funding) under the EUSST2023-26 grant of the EU SST Partnership. | |
| EU SST – Performance monitoring tool | The aim of this activity is to develop a software tool that will support operational performance monitoring in EU SST. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – R&D on Attitude Estimation | This procedure concerns services related to activities on Attitude Estimation in order to find innovative ways to better describe the attitude of uncooperative space objects, by harnessing all the information available on the current and projected EU SST sensor capacity. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – R&D on Collision Avoidance methods | This consultation concerns services related to research and development to improve Collision Avoidance methods, as defined in the technical specifications. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – R&D on laser contribution | This activity shall demonstrate the capabilities of laser ranging in the context of SST to achieve the best operational added value in the future. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – R&D on Space Based Surveillance System | This procedure concerns services related to tasks to be performed for the development of disruptive SBSS solutions (through primary, secondary payloads or the use of non-dedicated equipment) contributing to SST activities and leading to the production of an engineering model, as defined in the technical specifications. | TED contract notice |
| EU SST – Secure network study | The study is intended to prepare the future introduction of a secure network at EU SST level. | TED contract notice |
| Expertise on Space Environment Evolution for EU SST | The aim of this activity is to provide expertise to EU SST in the field of Space Environment Evolution and to support mainly the activities of the Expert Team System Evolution. | TED contract notice |
| Operation and maintenance services for optical sensors used in surveillance and tracking of artificial space objects orbiting the Earth in LEO/MEO/GEO orbits | This procedure concerns operation and maintenance services for Romanian optical sensors used for data acquisition and processing. | TED contract notice |
| Prior Information Notice – Enhanced SST services through data sharing and networking | This market information notice concerns services related to the development of algorithms for the characterisation of targets observed with EU SST sensors, and the development of procedures for tasking sensors within the EU SST network. | INAF notice |
| Provision of service for performance monitoring and continuous calibration activities for the EU SST sensors network | This procedure concerns the provision of a service for carrying out tasks related to the monitoring of the EU SST sensors network, including Spanish sensors, as well as the continuous calibration of the sensors. | TED contract notice |
| Provision of services for the operation and maintenance of S3TOC | This procedure concerns the provision of services for the operation and maintenance of the Spanish SST Operations Centre (S3TOC). The Spanish Space Agency (AEE) has committed to these tasks as a beneficiary of the EUSST2023-26 grant funded by the EU Space Regulation. | TED contract notice |
| R&D on secure data exchange via the EU SST Database | The aim of this procedure is to study which modern technologies can be applied to ensure a higher degree of traceability in the EU SST data flow. To confirm a successful exchange of data a trusted, practical and secure data sharing system or procedure is needed. It shall be evaluated if and how the security of the data exchange can be improved by certain technologies; encryption and secure communication frameworks shall be assessed for this purpose. | TED contract notice |
| Refactoring and maintenance of the EU SST Database and related processes | The aim of this activity is to support the team of the German Space Situational Awareness Centre (GSSAC/WRLageZ) in the further development, maintenance and operation of the EU SST Database. | TED contract notice |
| Service to conduct a study on requirements for secure communications between sensors and operations centres | This study will aim at preparing for the upcoming deployment of a secure network between sensors and operations centres at national level, taking into account the requirements of EU SST. | TED contract notice |
Websites with information on procurement procedures related to EU SST
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Czech Republic Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic (MDCR) |
Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic (MDCR) |
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France Centre national d’etudes spatiales (CNES) |
Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) |
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Germany Service.bund.de – Behörden |
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) |
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Italy MoD/IT General Staff – TELEDIFE/SMD |
Ministero della Difesa (MoD/IT) |
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Poland Biuletynu Informacji Publicznej Plataforma Zakupowa |
Polska Agencja Kosmiczna (PAK) / Polish Space Agency (POLSA) |
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Portugal Governo dos Açores acinGov |
Azores Government Portuguese Ministry of National Defence |
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Romania Sistemul Electronic de Achiziții Publice |
Agentia Spatiala Romana |
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Spain Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público |
Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) |
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European Union TED – Tenders Electronic Daily |