DEMO TR0 Robotic Manipulator

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 21 Jun 2023no call for competition

Awarded to Comau S.p.A

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UK Atomic Energy Authority MACRO (Model-based Advanced Control for Remote Operations) team have a requirement for a robotic manipulator, controller and associated software and hardware for the RMTF TR0 Modular Integration Work Cell test rig.

Please note this is an award notice not a call for competition.

CPV: Industrial robots

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East · Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB

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: Goods
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: 17 Jul 2023, 09:54 BST
Last source update: 17 Jul 2023, 09:54 BST
Authority reference: JNCA/BO076/23
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-020433
Classification (CPV): Industrial robots
Delivery area: South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03e266 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: UK AEA requires this manipulator and controller to have a robotic control system which would allow a user-defined servo control, in which current demands to the motor drivers of the robot are calculated by bespoke control algorithms. In this way any proprietary control law implemented by the manufacturer should be overridable by the user-defined one. The controller should also implement a ROS 2 interface to allow real-time exchange of data with third party devices/software through the Data Distribution Service (DDS) protocol.”
UK AEA has identified the Comau G5G controller as the only “open” controller on the market in the sense described above. Furthermore, the C5G controller is now ROS-2 compatible, which makes it the best system architecture for DEMO RMTF in the current landscape of industrial controller technology..

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).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jun 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Comau S.p.A	€79,500 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

DEMO TR0 Robotic Manipulator · Comau S.p.A
Signed
21 Jun 2023
Value
€79,500
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Abingdon

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Comau S.p.AAwarded supplier00952120012 Via Rivalta, 30, Grugliasco (TO), IT, 10095

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.