United KingdomOpen tenderKind of contract: Services
In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects
- Buyer
- Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · United Kingdom
- Posted
- 1 November 2026
- Deadline
- 27 November 2026
- Reference number
- 103500-2026
- CPV codes
- 34712000, 34712100, 32534000, 73000000, 73300000, 34712200
- Place of delivery
- United Kingdom
In short
- Wanted: Machinery & electrical, Automotive.
- Estimated value: £1,400,000, as the notice states it.
- Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, United Kingdom.
- Offers by 27 November 2026, 24 days left.
Can a company from Türkiye take part?
The buyer decides on Turkish bids
- The UK's Procurement Act protects only suppliers of treaty states, and Türkiye is not one: the buyer may exclude a Turkish bid.
Rests on: Procurement Act 2023, ss. 19(3)(b), 20(5), 89 and 90, Schedule 9
Guidance from the official rules, not legal advice: the tender documents decide.
Next step
You have time: download the notice and its documents, and send your questions to the buyer well before the deadline.
If taking part directly is unclear, go in with a partner or distributor in that country.
Documents to prepare
The full list of what to submit is in the tender documents at the source.
Market context
1 company in Türkiye fits this opportunity.
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| In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is launching a Contracts for Innovation competition to fund approximately two In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects. The competition will support the research, development and maturation of an In-Orbit Manufacturing process and associated payload. Projects will undertake proportionate design, prototyping, analysis and testing to achieve Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4/5 by the Final Review milestone and establish a credible route to a potential future demonstration in an appropriate microgravity environment. The IOM Maturation Projects will: · Mature the IOM manufacturing process and associated payload to TRL 4/5 by the Final Review milestone, generating evidence against relevant performance indicators (such as quality, performance and quantity). · Develop and compare credible routes to a future microgravity demonstration, identifying the developments required to progress towards demonstration by 2030. · Strengthen the commercial case and strategic relevance of the proposed IOM capability, including its relevance to identified customer and end-user needs. · Generate evidence to inform future UKSA investment and procurement decisions, including a potential future IOM demonstration procurement and the associated ISAM IOD Programme Business Case. This is one of two concurrent procurements being progressed, the other being for Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration. Please see the respective notice on Find a Tender: Title: Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration This procurement is for exempted contracts under section 3(6) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 2, Part 2 (subject-matter exempted contracts) of the Procurement Act 2023. Exempted contracts are not public contracts as defined by section 3 of the Act and are therefore not required to be procured in accordance with the provisions of the Act relating to covered procurement. This co | — | cpv:34712000, nace:30, nace:30.3, cpv:34712100, cpv:32534000, nace:26, nace:26.3, nace:26.4, cpv:73000000, nace:72, cpv:73300000, cpv:34712200 |