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Published 13 Jul 2022, 17:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Chemical Vapour Infiltration and Deposition of Silicon Carbide, Carbon, and Oxides

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£60,000exc. VAT
Awarded 19 Nov 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Archer Technicoat Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this RFI is to have a better understanding of the capabilities for chemical vapour infiltration of fibre reinforced composites which currently exist. The materials of interest to be manufactured by chemical vapour infiltration or deposition (CVI or CVD) are silicon carbide fibre reinforced composites. The CVI materials will act as the interphase coating on the fibres, and the matrix. Interphase materials of interest include pyrolytic carbon, and rare earth oxides (eg. erbia) and silicates (eg. yttrium disilicate). Matrix materials of interest are silicon carbide, and coatings of interest are silicon carbide and rare earth oxides. Alternative methods of applying sub-micron scale interphases are also of interest.

CPV: Engineering-related scientific and technical services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned
Delivery: UK · UKAEA Culham
71350000 Engineering-related scientific and technical services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Jul 2022, 17:41 BST
Last source update
19 Nov 2024, 15:52 GMT
Authority reference
T/JM119/22
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037407
Classification (CPV)
Engineering-related scientific and technical services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0351be Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

A PIN (Prior Information Notice) was issued in August 2022 for these services, and responses were invited from eligible suppliers via an RFI (Request for Information).

Following this exercise, Archer Technicoat Ltd were found to be the primary UK supplier of these specialist services.

Recent market engagement in 2024 has confirmed that Archer Technicoat Ltd are still the primary UK supplier for these specialist services, and therefore the award is justified on the grounds that the "services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator [because] competition is absent for technical reasons".

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.

This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the authority before a contract is entered into applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request. Additional debriefing and that information have to be provided within a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be sought from the contact named in this notice.

If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Any such action must be brought promptly.

(generally within 3 months).

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Oct 2022 → 19 Nov 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    14 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    19 Nov 2024, 15:52 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Nov 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Nov 2024, 15:52 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    19 Nov 2024, 15:52 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £140,2981 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Archer Technicoat LtdSMEFusion Futures: Industrialisation of interphase coatings for silicon carbide fibre composites for flow channel inserts£140,298 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Fusion Futures: Industrialisation of interphase coatings for silicon carbide fibre composites for flow channel inserts · Archer Technicoat LtdSME

    Signed
    19 Nov 2024
    Value
    £140,298
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Abingdon

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.