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EVENTS
HydRON – User Workshop
January 25, 2022
Publication date
The current schedule for the procurement activities foresees that all the Invitation to tender will be issued before the end of 2007, and announced on EMITS (see related links at the top-right of this page). After the ITT is issued potential suppliers will have between 6 and 8 weeks to submit their proposal.
Almost 60 people from different companies attended the 9 May workshop. Antonio Garutti, Project Manager Small GEO, said after the workshop, “Both ESA and the Prime Industry are very pleased of the level of interest expressed by the supplier companies for this workshop. We consider this wide participation as a very important sign in the direction of giving the right impulse for a really competitive approach for the Small GEO Platform definition. It demonstrates that industry is ready to take on the challenge of supporting this commercially driven project.”
For more on Small GEO, EMITS or on ESA best practices, click under related links at the top-right of this page.
To download the list of participants click under documentation at the top-right of this page.
23 Oct 2008
The supplier selection baseline define that a significant amount of units and subsystems required for the Small Geostationary Satellite platform will be submitted for open competition and procured according to ESA best practices rules.
The current schedule for the procurement activities foresees that all the Invitation to tender will be issued before the end of 2007, and announced on EMITS (see related links at the top-right of this page). After the ITT is issued potential suppliers will have between 6 and 8 weeks to submit their proposal.
Almost 60 people from different companies attended the 9 May workshop. Antonio Garutti, Project Manager Small GEO, said after the workshop, “Both ESA and the Prime Industry are very pleased of the level of interest expressed by the supplier companies for this workshop. We consider this wide participation as a very important sign in the direction of giving the right impulse for a really competitive approach for the Small GEO Platform definition. It demonstrates that industry is ready to take on the challenge of supporting this commercially driven project.”
For more on Small GEO, EMITS or on ESA best practices, click under related links at the top-right of this page.
To download the list of participants click under documentation at the top-right of this page.
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