# Legal Governance for Space-Based In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing Testbed

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Satellite Applications Catapult.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Satellite Applications Catapult](/buyers/satellite-applications-catapult/contract-awards)
- Published: 28 September 2023
- Contract start: 1 March 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 7f70bed1-ae62-407d-9c89-2f64a62bc5e2-684585
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8f3aef9c-922e-436b-9aa8-a81555114e8f

## Description

This procurement exercise is to seek legal experts who can support the Satellite Applications Catapult \(SAC\) to develop a governance framework for a space-based testbed, led by the UK in collaboration with international partners, which aims to advance skills, technology, and regulation relating to applications underpinned by close proximity operations and robotic assembly in space, particularly In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing \(IOSM\) applications\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f70bed1-ae62-407d-9c89-2f64a62bc5e2-684585)