# PS26172 - USB Technical Expert Support Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DSIT](/buyers/dsit/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Space Professionals Partnership Ltd
- Award value: £1,500,000
- Award date: 3 September 2026
- Published: 11 September 2026
- Contract start: 7 September 2026
- Contract end: 29 March 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 84471fd5-e873-4433-81e1-aa76f3ccfae1-913702
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8d86762d-abc6-46a6-b9fe-c34d409dd05f

## Description

\*\*\*\*\* THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION \*\*\*\*\* This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the GCA RM6235 Space-Enabled and Geospatial Services Brief Description of Requirement The Unlocking Space Portfolio is seeking to place a call-off contract with a knowledgeable and experienced delivery partner \(or consortium\) to provide specialist technical and commercialisation knowledge of the space sector, to support and give guidance to the Unlocking Space programmes and their participants within the UK Space Agency\. The delivery partner will deliver the Technical Expert Support Service, which will enable successful delivery of the Unlocking Space programmes

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/84471fd5-e873-4433-81e1-aa76f3ccfae1-913702)