Europe's Spaceport: industrial service contract opportunities
Updated on 31 May 2022
ESA is inviting European space and non-space companies to get involved in the industrial service contracts of the French space agency, CNES, in its operational and maintenance activities at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Europe’s Spaceport, also known as the Guiana Space Centre, guarantees independent, reliable and competitive access to space for Europe. The upcoming arrival of ESA’s two new launch vehicles, Ariane 6 and Vega-C, will further increase performance and versatility supported by a modernised launch range.
Contract opportunities
The renewal of industrial service contracts in force since 2018 are now published on the esa-star portal for a competitive tendering process which is foreseen to be carried out in the second half of 2022.
The current launch range operational and maintenance activities, as well as the companies currently performing them, can be found at https://centrespatialguyanais.cnes.fr/fr/centre-spatial-guyanais/acteurs/partenaires.
The following table lists all intended Invitations to Tender, or IITTs, which have been prepared by CNES and ESA. These opportunities are not yet open for bidding but are published on esa-star Publication to allow interested organisations to start advance preparation and to demonstrate their interest to ESA. This increases the chance of winning a bid.
22.CSGT.014 Electronics, Electrotechnology, RF
22.CSGT.015 Industrial site maintenance (Energy, Air Conditioning, Water and Infrastructure)
22.CSGT.016 Safety - Environment, Ground safety, Workplace safety
22.CSGT.018 Safety - Information technology, Telecommunications / corporate IT, video
22.CSGT.019 Operational and Real Time IT
22.CSGT.020 Quality & RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety)
22.CSGT.021 CNES-CSG Logistics
22.CSGT.022 Operations Planning and Coordination
22.CSGT.023 Engineering Services (also referred to as BET)
22.CSGT.024 Public Visits
22.CSGT.027 Security - Protection
22.CSGT.028 Support for preparing payloads
Further details on these IITTs can be found by visiting https://doing-business.sso.esa.int/.
To access the latest information on these opportunities consult ESA’s online esa-star Publication system. Click on All Non-ESA Tender Actions and enter the Tender Action number in the search box, such as '22.CSGT.024'.
An interested organisation should register with ESA via the esa-star portal to demonstrate their further involvement and participation to the bid.
For further information and clarification, please email: CSG_IndustryDays@esa.int
Workshops, informational events and B2B
In addition to the IITT’s indicated above, ESA and CNES in collaboration have organised several informational events which will serve as a series of networking and B2B meetings to help to establish potential consortiums:
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A workshop for newcomers was held to introduce them to other participating companies and to explain the particularities of the procurement process and the future CNES contracts:
- ESTEC in the Netherlands on 17 May
Note: Online participation was also possible -
The CSG Industry Days 2022, main event in Paris for presentations by CNES and prescheduled B2B sessions:
- Paris on 8–9 June, register here: https://csgid-2022.vimeet.events
Note: Online participation is also possible -
A Europe’s Spaceport on-site event and guided tour with additional B2B sessions:
- Kourou, French Guiana on 28–29 June
Further information
If you have any questions or would like to arrange for a one-on-one meeting with ESA for more information, please reach out to CSG_IndustryDays@esa.int
