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Published 17 Apr 2024, 12:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

H3AT Tritium Plant SDS Getter Beds

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,200,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 May 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) requires 7-off Depleted Uranium Getter Beds to be supplied into the Hydrogen 3 Advanced Technology facility at the Culham Campus. This includes design, manufacture, assembly, Factory Acceptance Testing, delivery, installation, Site Acceptance Testing and commissioning.

This restricted procedure tender is subject to Export Control, and UKAEA needs to have the relevant Export Control Licence for any short listed bidder that is based outside of the UK before receipt of specified technical documents. Dependent upon the country in which the company is based, there may be a need to apply to the UK Export Control Joint Unit for the appropriate licence. Companies based outside of the UK must complete and sign the Bidder Export Control Regulations Compliance Declaration Form provided with the ITT. Failure to return this form with your Selection Questionnaire will result in an immediate fail.

CPV: Engineering design services · Engineering services · Engineering-design services for industrial process and production · Fabrication work · Metalworking · Pressure vessels · Radioactive materials · Steel pressure vessels · Tanks, reservoirs, containers and pressure vessels · Uranium · Welding

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) requires 7-off Depleted Uranium…Published value£1,200,000

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) requires 7-off Depleted Uranium Getter Beds to be supplied into the Hydrogen 3 Advanced Technology facility at UKAEA’s Culham Campus. The requirement includes design, manufacture, assembly, Factory Acceptance Testing, delivery, installation, Site Acceptance Testing, and commissioning.

Due to the nature of this Restricted Procedure tender in terms of the transfer of information, which is subject to Export Control, the UKAEA needs to have in place the relevant Export Control Licence for any short listed bidder that is based outside of the UK before receipt of specified technical documents. Dependent upon the country in which the company is based, as detailed within the Invitation to Tender (ITT), there may be a need to apply to the UK Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) for the appropriate licence.

Companies based outside of the UK are required to complete and sign the Bidder Export Control Regulations Compliance Declaration Form (BECRCDF), provided with the ITT. Failure to return this form, completed and signed, with your Selection Questionnaire will result in an immediate Fail.

By signing the BECRCDF, shortlisted Suppliers accept that if they are invited to tender for this opportunity, UKAEA will confirm a date for application to the ECJU for the necessary appropriate licence and in the event that ECJU do not issue the necessary licence within 60 days of the application date that UKAEA reserves the right to remove the bidder from the Invitation to Tender Shortlist.

The proposed form of contract is the NEC4 Engineering Construction Contract (ECC)) (option A), for a fixed price, which will include all aspects of the Scope of Works. There may also be the need for additional work not included in the Scope of Works which will be reimbursed, and bidders are asked to provide a schedule of rates. Bidders are also asked to provide rates for onward going maintenance support.

Delivery: South East
Variant bids: not allowed

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Apr 2024, 12:49 BST
Last source update
19 Apr 2024, 16:19 BST
Authority reference
T/AA087/23
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012879
Classification (CPV)
Engineering design servicesEngineering servicesEngineering-design services for industrial process and productionFabrication workMetalworkingPressure vesselsRadioactive materialsSteel pressure vesselsTanks, reservoirs, containers and pressure vesselsUranium
+1 moreWelding
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0452fb 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 bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
16 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Apr 2024 → 18 Nov 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    19 Apr 2024, 16:19 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    18 Nov 2024, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime Limit for receipt of tender or requests to participate · Section IV16 May 202420 May 2024+4 d

1 amendment published without a description.

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 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.