CANCELLED - EUSPA/OP/16/25 - Administrative support services to EUSPA

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme is informing you about its decision to cancel the procurement EUSPA/OP/16/25 – Administrative support services to EUSPA, pursuant to Article 174 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, (recast), paragraph 11 of the Invitation to Tender and paragraph 1.4 4^th bullet of the Tender Specifications. 

Following the publication of the Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27/01/2026 (ref. No. 58671-2026, OJ S 18/2026), EUSPA published a number of corrigenda to the above-referenced procedure to reflect EUSPA’s changing needs, such as the provision of unclassified services from Contractor’s premises instead of from EUSPA premises and use of Contractor’s instead of Agency tools (for Lot 1). EUSPA has received numerous requests for clarification after the publication of the corrigenda concerning, amongst others,  organisation of the remote service delivery, access to agency tools, risks related to possible transfer of undertakings. To address the topics raised by the market in compliance with the EU public procurement principles of equal treatment and transparency, EUSPA has decided to cancel the above-referenced procedure, to consider how best to address the above-mentioned changing needs and define the most appropriate means to implement the solutions which will be identified. In this respect, EUSPA will promptly inform the market in compliance with the applicable law, about the possible launch of new procurement initiatives. 

If any economic operator believes that there has been maladministration in the conduct of this tender procedure, it may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu) within two years from the day following this notification.

An action for annulment pursuant to Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union may be brought before the General Court of the European Union (http://curia.europa.eu) within 2 months from the day following this notification. Any request you may make and any reply from us, or any complaint for maladministration, will have neither the purpose nor the effect of suspending the time-limit for lodging the action.

The court responsible for hearing annulment procedures is the General Court of the European Union:

General Court

Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald

L-2925 Luxembourg 

tel.: (+352) 4303 1

fax: (+352) 4303 2100

URL: http://curia.europa.eu

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the interest in this procurement procedure and in the work of EUSPA. We hope that you will consider applying for future contract opportunities.

Published on 22/05/2026.

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The Agency approaches the market in the format of 2 Lots. Administrative support is the same across all the lots however with differences in requirements for personal security clearance.
Under the Lot 1, EUSPA seeks unclassified administrative support for all organisational entities in EUSPA. For Lot 1, the personal security clearance (PSC) is not required and the services will be provided in all EUSPA locations. 
Under the Lot 2, EUSPA seeks classified administrative support for all organisational entities in EUSPA, in all EUSPA locations. The services require personal security clearance (PSC) due to activities related with the access to EU classified information (EUCI).