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Published 11 Jan 2021, 19:04 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Microwave Heating Sources for MAST Upgrade

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

GoodsCompetitive dialogue
Published estimate£5,000,000exc. VAT45.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 12 Feb 2021awarded 24 Sept 2021
Awarded to Kyoto Fusioneering

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Call for competition, for the provision of applicable solutions; namely RF sources to provide near Mega-Watt level microwave heating and current drive for the MAST Upgrade experiment.

This is a contact notice and call for competition in-line with PCR15 regulations for a competitive dialogue, this is a notice only.

All required documentation and procedure information can be found via the below link/route:

EU Supply link: uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Or

Search EU supply for:

Reference number: 42853

Project Name: Microwave Heating Sources for MAST Upgrade

CPV: Microwave tubes and equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK, South East
Variant bids: 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
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Commercial: 30%
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
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive dialogue
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
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
11 Jan 2021, 19:04 GMT
Last source update
28 Sept 2021, 00:08 BST
Authority reference
T/RB119/20
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024005
Classification (CPV)
Microwave tubes and equipment
Delivery area
UKSouth East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02896e 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).

Publisher note: Competitive Dialogue Procedure experienced tendering difficulties after the Dialogue phase of the procurement exercise, as such a Mini- Competition process was established between the 2 remaining participants in the Competitive Dialogue to enable final tendering. Final tendering was undertaken via the following: FTN: 2021-541407 Contracts Finder:: 2f064bc1-4133-438e-bae5-ffe9eb30a73a

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
12 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en

Timeline

12 Feb 2021 → 28 Sept 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    28 Sept 2021, 00:08 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Sept 2021, 00:08 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,714,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Kyoto FusioneeringT/RB119/20 Microwave Heating Sources For MAST Upgrade£2,714,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • T/RB119/20 Microwave Heating Sources For MAST Upgrade · Kyoto Fusioneering

    Signed
    24 Sept 2021
    Value
    £2,714,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad0——

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.