Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 17 Jan 2025, 16:46 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Design and Build of Test Rigs Framework

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Framework agreementServices
Published value£9,500,000published on the single lot · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 13 May 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Fusion Futures program at UKAEA needs to secure access to, or provide directly, large scale design and build opportunities to UK industry.

These are opportunities to develop industry capability and capacity which are key to the development of future fusion powerplants.

The ambition of this work is to have an increased number of strategic framework suppliers / partners operating across the Fusion Futures pillar. This will enable the various projects to access expert support.

CPV: Construction work for nuclear reactors · Engineering design services · Nuclear evaluation instruments · Nuclear reactors and parts · Nuclear safety services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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 more
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

    Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
  • Technical & professional ability

    Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

    Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
What this means for your bid
  • “Design and Build of Test Rigs Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Jan 2025, 16:46 GMT
Last source update
17 Jan 2025, 16:46 GMT
Authority reference
T_TM203_24 FF_IC
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001781
Classification (CPV)
Construction work for nuclear reactorsEngineering design servicesNuclear evaluation instrumentsNuclear reactors and partsNuclear safety services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d46b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

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
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bid
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Appointment period ends
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Submission channel
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Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Jan 2025 → 13 May 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    17 Jan 2025, 16:46 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    13 May 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Campus, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Abingdon

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.