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Published 26 Jul 2021, 10:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: Spain (ES120)South East (UKJ14)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Submissions closed 6 Sept 2021

Awarded to Asturfeito SA2 awards

Contract term 5 moends 31 Mar 2022 · starts 29 Oct 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System - Addition of Trail to original contract

CPV: Industrial machinery · Lifting and handling equipment · Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery · Parts of lifting and handling equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The UK Atomic Energy Authority will work with the Supplier in assembling and trailing…Awarded 5 mo

The UK Atomic Energy Authority will work with the Supplier in assembling and trailing the ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System and Modules which have already been manufactured under the original advertised contract. The trails here are additional work and are due to take place at the suppliers premises due to space limitations at the Authority’s site.

The project looks to mock up an important RH process for ITER based on the Generic Upper Port Plug maintenance and will seek to further expand the operational suitability of the hardware. This will be attained by assessing the possibility of using a minimum amount of metrology, or alternative measurement activity, to achieve an insertion of the DSM and DFWs within the port plug mock up. The trials are based on the expected information available in the hot cell which rely on a limited amount of physical data.

Contract period: 29 Oct 2021 – 31 Mar 2022 (5 mo)

Delivery listed: Spain (ES120), South East

Variant bids: not allowed

42410000 Lifting and handling equipment 42419000 Parts of lifting and handling equipment 42900000 Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 26 Jul 2021, 10:38 BST
Last source update: 24 Apr 2024, 13:49 BST
Award evaluation window: 6 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference: 13029
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-013302
Classification (CPV): Industrial machineryLifting and handling equipmentMiscellaneous general and special-purpose machineryParts of lifting and handling equipment
Delivery area: Spain (ES120)South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02cc3a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The Supplier was awarded a contract in 2022 for the Manufacture, Assembly, Testing and Supply of ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System. This requirement adds work for the goods, still within the Suppliers factory, to be trailed by the Authority's staff. A change of supplier would cause additional costs in shipping the goods elsewhere, cause delays to the project and would be impracticable.
Due to the experience and complexity of the requirements it would be difficult to uncouple this work and tender competitively.
The addition of this work to the contract has been authorised by UKAEA's Head of Procurement.

Contract terms

Electronic trading: electronic payment
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).

Publisher note: Date of award is date of start of standstill. Contract amendment will be issued on completion of standstill period.

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: 6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

6 Sept 2021 → 24 Apr 2024 · 4 dates

Submission deadline
6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Contract starts
29 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
Notice published
24 Apr 2024, 13:49 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Mar 2022

Status changed to complete
28 Mar 2022, 14:09 BST
Procurement method changed
24 Apr 2024, 13:49 BST
Buyer details updated
24 Apr 2024, 13:49 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Bids received 44 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 24 Apr 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Asturfeito SASMEManufacture, Assembly, Testing and Supply of ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System	€1 †	—	Awarded
Asturfeito SASMETower System - Addition of Trail	€189,300 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Tower System - Addition of Trail · Asturfeito SASME
Signed
24 Apr 2024
Value
€189,300
Period
… – 31 Mar 2022
Status
active
Manufacture, Assembly, Testing and Supply of ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System · Asturfeito SASME
Signed
22 Mar 2022
Value
€1
Period
… – 31 Mar 2022
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad	4	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Abingdon

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Asturfeito SAAwarded supplier CAlle Metalurgicos 14B, Aviles, ES120, 33417
Asturfeito SAAwarded supplier Calle Metalurgicos 14B, Aviles, ES120, 33417

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria