Google Earth Engine Commercial Licence Renewal

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA), a PFMA Schedule 3A public entity established under the South African National Space Agency Act, 2008 (Act No. 36 of 2008), invites bids for the renewal of its Google Earth Engine commercial licence for a period of two years. The licence supports SANSA's mandate to coordinate and integrate national space science and technology programmes and to conduct long-term planning and implementation of space-related activities for the benefit of South African citizens. The contract covers the provision of a commercial licence for access by 20 SANSA users, with centralised user and access management, administrator controls over user permissions, and authentication and access-control mechanisms. The licence conditions must clearly define permitted use, user limits, processing limits, quotas and any applicable usage restrictions.

The scope requires access to a broad range of geospatial and Earth Observation datasets through API access, including high- and medium-resolution optical satellite imagery, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, climate and meteorological datasets, digital elevation and terrain models, time-series Earth Observation data, and other public or appropriately licensed datasets in the Google Earth Engine catalogue. Cloud-based processing must support large-scale analysis at local, regional, national, continental and global levels, including distributed and parallel processing, batch or scheduled workflows, and management of resource limits. The platform must provide a development environment supporting JavaScript and Python, access to Google Earth Engine APIs, and integration with external Python-based scientific and geospatial libraries where permitted. Advanced analysis capabilities such as image preprocessing, compositing, and spatial and temporal filtering are also required.

Eligibility is limited to bidders able to provide a valid Google Cloud Partner Certificate with specialisation in Google Earth Engine; failure to submit this document by the closing date will result in disqualification. Bids must be submitted electronically through the National Treasury eTender portal by 11:00 on 27 November 2026, and the evaluation applies the 80/20 preference point system, with 80 points for price and 20 points for specific goals (51% black-owned, 40% black women-owned, and 51% black youth-owned), supported by documentary proof. Pricing must be fixed for the contract duration, include all costs and VAT, and remain valid for 120 days. Successful bidders must comply with SANSA's special and general conditions of contract, including tax compliance, POPIA requirements, intellectual property provisions, and insurance obligations.