Design and Construction of the Hertz facility at ESTEC
This tender concerns the design and construction of a new, advanced facility for laboratories and test facilities at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk. The construction comprises approximately 8,000 m² gross floor area, a footprint of 70 × 50 meters, and a maximum height of 22 meters. The facility is intended to support the development and validation of space hardware, particularly for the next generation of Galileo satellites. ESA is seeking a construction company to participate in the Construction Team and perform the final construction. The procedure is a market consultation, whereby the final tender documentation will be made available via the ESA Tendering System. The assignment requires a high degree of technical expertise, experience with complex laboratory constructions, and compliance with ESA and European safety standards.
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01What is being requested
This tender concerns the design and construction of a new, advanced facility for laboratories and test facilities at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk. The construction comprises approximately 8,000 m² gross floor area, a footprint of 70 × 50 meters, and a maximum height of 22 meters. The facility is intended to support the development and validation of space hardware, particularly for the next generation of Galileo satellites. ESA is seeking a construction company to participate in the Construction Team and perform the final construction. The procedure is a market consultation, whereby the final tender documentation will be made available via the ESA Tendering System. The assignment requires a high degree of technical expertise, experience with complex laboratory constructions, and compliance with ESA and European safety standards.
The laboratories and test facilities at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk (NL) play an essential role in all phases of the European Space Agency (ESA) missions, from inception to development of space technologies and validation and testing of space hardware produced by industry. In order to ensure the success of many projects and in particular of the next generation of Galileo satellites, ESA needs to invest in a new state-of-the-art facility at ESTEC: This new construction will represent an area of around 8,000 m2 of floor space (gross floor area), with a
02Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for werken is € 5,54 M, for reference.
03Likely competitors
04Tender documents
05Legal themes that may be relevant here
06Frequently asked questions
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07Estimated value versus the market
€ 1,4 mln
€ 3,6 mln
€ 9,1 mln
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