2021 Report details for project: Space Based PNT Programme
Project name | Space Based PNT Programme - there is only one report for this project |
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Organisation | BEIS (D1198) - see all reports for this organisation |
Report year | 2021 (data is from March 2021) |
Category | Infrastructure - see all reports for this category |
Description: | Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) signals from space are increasingly crucial to our daily lives, underpinning a wide range of essential public amenities, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), National Security, defence interests and the wider digital economy. They will remain an enduring requirement for the UK's economy, security and global ambitions. Our intent for the Space Based PNT Programme is to improve the resilience of UK Critical National Infrastructure by having the right space-based capability to deliver PNT services in order to protect our way of life and to address the rapidly evolving global threat and hazards landscape. We will consider the broadest set of options for space -based PNT whilst using the breadth of the Government's experience of major programmes to provide critical analysis of emerging candidate solutions. The programme will be dependent on the identification of clear, cross-Whitehall PNT requirements and collaboration across Government, industry and our wider partners. |
DCA (RAG) | Amber |
DCA text: | The Infrastructure Project Authority's Delivery Confidence Assessment rating is Amber.This is primarily due to the following factors: The programme DCA remains Amber, reflecting continued uncertainty in the operating environment (specifically future PNT governance within HMG and the lack of clarity around post-OBC funding for the Space Based PNT Programme (SBPP)). Concern on OBC timeline given shortfalls in resources and the impact of delays to approval of key analytical studies. Recent developments have improved clarity and confidence around the requirements (through endorsement of Cabinet Office PNT Strategy and Key User Requirements), thus enabling the programme to finalise work on developing space-based requirements. The programme's has achieved two of its three Control Points (CP) up to the OBC: CP1 was achieved in December 2020 following completion of Draft Cabinet Office PNT User Requirements along with industry response to the RFI for ideas for space based PNT delivery mechanisms. In March the Sponsor Group approved a CP2 paper, enabling the programme to proceed to CP3, the OBC point in November. |
Start date | 2020-10-01 |
End date | 2030-06-30 |
Schedule text | The project end-date is 30 June 2030. This is primarily due to the following factors: The programme is currently in the Appraise and Select Phase that will determine Customer Requirements and a broad range of viable technology solutions, both global and regional, as well as Commercial Models for a space-based PNT capability. By November 2021, the programme will produce an Outline Business Case (OBC) that will define the list of options that the programme will recommend taking forward into the next phase. This list will be a short-list of candidate options selected on the basis of their fit against strategic objectives and requirements, ability to achieve benefits, and estimated economic returns. The phase after the OBC to the Full Business Case (FBC), which is not covered by this mandate, will research these options further. This will provide sufficient information for the Government to make an informed choice at a Final Investment Decision (FID) about committing expenditure to a UK space based PNT capability. |
Baseline | £11.40m |
Forecast | £8.08m |
Variance | -29.00% |
Variance text: | The budget variance exceeds 5%. SBPP's under spend for the period October 2020- 31 March 2021 related to staff turnover, together with recruitment and contract approvals taking longer than expected. The SBPP outturn figures for financial year 2020-21 provided are subject to change between now and the published UKSA accounts later in the year. SBPP's underspend for the period October 2020- 31 March 2021 related to staff turnover, together with recruitment and contract approvals taking longer than expected. |
Whole Life Cost | £26.80m |
WLCost text: | The projects Baseline Whole Life Cost is £26.80m. This is primarily due to the following factors: SBPP's Strategic Outline Business Case requested funding for the period 1 October 2020 to 30 November 2021 amounting to £27.8m, with £11.4m falling in financial year 2020-21 (1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021) and £16.4m in the first eight months of financial year 2021-22 (1 April 2021 to 30 November 2021). SBPP had SOBC £11.4m funding approved by the Project and Investment Committee (PIC) and HM Treasury on 3 Sept 2020 for the period 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 to meet the Programme's objectives. Funding for 1 April 2021-November 2021 was reduced from £16.4m to £15.4m as approved by PIC following Check Point 1 in Jan 21. SBBP received total funding of £26.8m for the 14 month period. |
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Sourcefile | IPA_2021.csv |
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