Geoscience Australia Australia Tender

Australia And New Zealand Are Implementing An Operational Satellite Based Augmentation System (sbas). This Is Called The Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (southpan). Southpan Augments Standard Positioning Capability Provided By Gps And Galileo Across All Of Australia And New Zealand, With Expected User Applications In Agriculture, Construction, Resources, Utilities And Other Industries; With Decimetre Accuracy. It Will Also Support Aviation And Road Transport Sectors, Which Have Requirements For High-integrity Positioning Data With Sub-metre Level Accuracy. Geoscience Australia Has Procured The Services Of A Southpan Contractor To Deliver The Ground Segment Of Southpan. To Implement Southpan, Geoscience Australia Will Procure Access To A Navigation Transponder Hosted On A Satellite In Geostationary Earth Orbit (geo). The Service Will Be The Second Satellite Navigation Service To Support Southpan, And Will Be Named Southpan Geo Payload – 02 (sgp-02). This Procurement Is For The Provision Of: (a) A Signal-in-space (sis) Broadcast Service For A Duration Of 15 Years Starting No Earlier Than June 2027. A Start Date Of December 2028 Or Earlier Is Preferable ; (b) Operational Services To Support Regulation Of The Uplink Signal And Configuration Of The Southpan Ground Segment. This Will Involve Coordination Of Power Levels Between The Southpan Contractor And The Sgp-02 Contractor (contractor) Along With Regular Delivery Of Satellite Orbital Parameters And Payload Telemetry; (c) Project And Engineering Management Services To Design, Implement, Integrate, Ground Test, Launch, And In-orbit Test Sgp-02; And (d) Service Management Services, Including Monthly Reporting.