Provision of Test Vector Generators’ (TVG) corrective and evolutive maintenance

Item Description:

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (hereinafter referred to as “EUSPA” or the “Contracting Authority”) is planning to award a Framework Contract resulting from the above procurement procedure for the provision of corrective and evolutive maintenance services for the Public Regulated Service (PRS) Test Vector Generators (TVG) (hereinafter referred to as the “Contract”). The procurement documents for Phase I consist of the Contract Notice, the Invitation Letter, the Tender Specifications with their respective annexes and the Draft Framework Contract.

Description

The objective of this procurement procedure is to conclude a Framework Contract (hereinafter referred to as “the Contract”, “Framework Contract”, or “FWC”) for the maintenance of the Public Regulated Service (PRS) Test Vector Generators (TVG). The TVG is a tool (hardware and software) used to generate PRS Test Vectors for User Segment (US) in order to validate PRS US equipment (e.g. PRS Receivers and PRS Security Modules). So far, three (3) TVG units have been procured by EUSPA: two are currently deployed in Italy and one in France. For the purpose of the Contract to be awarded, ‘maintenance’ shall cover both:

• corrective maintenance (i.e. resolving defects as raised by EUSPA); and
• evolutive maintenance (i.e. implementing updates as driven by the needs of the Galileo Programme).

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