Tender · Spain
Supply of two national Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite image coverages of Spain for 2024 and 2025
Dirección de la Agencia Espacial Española · published 31 Jul 2026 · · Source ↗
Deadline31 Aug 2026 13 days left
Budget / value€1.9m
estimated value (procedure): EUR 1,850,000
Statusopen
CPV35631200
Why it matters
A direct, open procurement by Spain's new space agency for archive VHR imagery — accessible to satellite imagery providers and resellers/value-added distributors with access to sub-metre optical constellations. Relevant to EO data suppliers and geospatial SMEs able to guarantee 82% national coverage from 2024/2025 archives.
Do this: Check your 2024/2025 VHR archive coverage of Spain and submit a bid via the Spanish public sector contracting platform to the Dirección de la Agencia Espacial Española by 31 August 2026.
Route: direct bid · For: BD / bid leads at defence-tech scale-upsEstablished SME suppliers & subsystem makers
Summary
The Spanish Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Española) is tendering the supply of two nationwide Very High Resolution satellite imagery coverages of Spanish territory, one captured in 2024 and one in 2025, each covering at least 82% of the national territory. Estimated value is EUR 1.85 million. Bids are due 31 August 2026.
Eligibility
Open EU procedure under Directive 2014/24/EU; no restrictions stated in the text.
Source text (raw, may be non-English)
El presente contrato tiene por objeto el suministro de dos coberturas nacionales de imágenes satelitales de Muy Alta Resolución (VHR), que cubran la máxima totalidad del territorio español: una capturada durante el año 2024, con un nivel de cobertura igual o superior al 82 % del territorio nacional, y otra capturada durante el año 2025, con un nivel de cobertura igual o superior al 82 % del territorio nacional.
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Source: Tenders Electronic Daily © European Union, reused under EU open data policy. Notice 533231-2026. Enrichment: anthropic/claude-opus-5 (confidence 90%).