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Published 22 Oct 2024, 17:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Palladium Permeators and Palladium Membrane Reactors

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Nov 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKAEA wishes to procure the Design, analysis, manufacture, assembly, Factory Acceptance Testing, delivery, Site Acceptance Testing, plus support during the installation, Integrated Testing, and commissioning of 3-off palladium-silver permeators, 2-off palladium-silver membrane reactors, three-off recuperative heat exchangers, and four cooling coils for the Hydrogen Purification System to be supplied into the Hydrogen 3 Advanced Technology facility at UKAEA’s Culham Science Centre. The requirement also includes the sourcing of one steam generator and one dosing pump for providing water vapour into the PMR, including detailed design of the associated lines and process equipment.

Designs are to be manufactured by the Contractor and must support and contain the process equipment whilst providing external process and Electrical, Control and Instrumentation (EC&I) connections.

CPV: Chemical industry machinery · Design and execution of research and development · Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus · Engineering services · Engineering studies · Engineering support services · Engineering-design services for industrial process and production · Engineering-related scientific and technical services · Experimental development services · Heat-exchange units · Heat-exchange units and machinery for liquefying air or other gases · Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery · +20 more

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.
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
22 Oct 2024, 17:19 BST
Last source update
22 Oct 2024, 17:19 BST
Authority reference
T/GR049/23
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034227
Classification (CPV)
Chemical industry machineryDesign and execution of research and developmentDistilling, filtering or rectifying apparatusEngineering servicesEngineering studiesEngineering support servicesEngineering-design services for industrial process and productionEngineering-related scientific and technical servicesExperimental development servicesHeat-exchange units
+22 moreHeat-exchange units and machinery for liquefying air or other gasesHeat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b050 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 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Oct 2024 → 1 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    22 Oct 2024, 17:19 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    25 Nov 2024
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, 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.