Official UK procurement notice
Cryopump Production Friction Weld
Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCryopump Production Friction Weld
CPV: Steel pressure vessels · Tubing
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has the requirement for manufacturing and…AwardedPublished value£200,000
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has the requirement for manufacturing and delivering 510 Intermetallic friction welds for MAST-U's Double Beam Box (DBB) cryopump.
For full details, please see the Invitation to Tender available for download from the link within this notice.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
- Suitability
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jan 2025, 14:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
T/JLL164/24- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017065- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d041Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
- Performance terms
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
- 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
- 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Feb 2025 → 18 May 2025 · 5 dates- Submission deadline17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts31 Mar 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published25 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST
- Bids must remain valid until18 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUKA SYSTEMS UK Ltd | £198,767 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Cryopump Production Friction Weld · KUKA SYSTEMS UK Ltd
- Signed
- 3 Apr 2025
- Value
- £198,767
- Period
- … – 29 Aug 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- KUKA SYSTEMS UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria