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Published 8 Dec 2021, 16:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Hot Cell Design · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£400,000≈ £533k / year
Submissions closed 21 Jan 2022
Contract term 9 moends 1 Nov 2022 · starts 10 Feb 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This tender is for the Professional Design Services required to deliver a full detailed design for two additional hot cells and the Materials Research Facility at Culham Science Centre.

CPV: Design consultancy services · Engineering design services · Nuclear safety services · Plant engineering design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1UKAEA wishes to issue a design contract for a hot cell extension at its Materials… 9 moPublished value£400,000

UKAEA wishes to issue a design contract for a hot cell extension at its Materials Research Facility (MRF)

at its Culham site in Oxfordshire. This will cover the preliminary and detailed design of two new hot cells (HC4 & HC5) as an extension of the existing hot cell line.

Contract period: 10 Feb 2022 – 1 Nov 2022 (9 mo)
Delivery: South East · Culham Science Centre
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.
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Dec 2021, 16:06 GMT
Last source update
17 Dec 2021, 13:51 GMT
Award evaluation window
21 Jan 2022 – …
Authority reference
T/AK206/21
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031605
Classification (CPV)
Design consultancy servicesEngineering design servicesNuclear safety servicesPlant engineering design services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02fedb 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
21 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
21 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Dec 2021 → 10 Feb 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    17 Dec 2021, 13:51 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    21 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    10 Feb 2022

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (2)

Typing error corrected in description. No change to requirement.

Please note that the Tender submission period has been extended by four weeks. The revised submission date for this opportunity is 12:00 pm on Friday 18th February 2022.

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 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.