Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Independent Research and Advice on Nuclear Graphite
Authority: Office for Nuclear Regulation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo secure access to independent (from Licensees) technical advice relating to the ageing
and behaviour of nuclear graphite and graphite cores; assessment of validity of safety cases and academic research into various aspects of ageing phenomena in graphite.
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 70
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jul 2022, 10:40 BST
- Last source update
- 25 May 2023, 16:04 BST
- Authority reference
ONR865- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-014971- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03574bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in Find a Tender Service or the Official Journal of the European Union in the case listed below:
Regulation 32 exempt: 32(2)(b)(ii) whereby "competition is absent for technical reasons". ONR asserts it belief that the University of Manchester are the only economic operator in the EU that are capable to support ONR with independent, research and expert advice to mount an authoritative but constructive challenge to the Licensee's arguments / submissions and to ensure that judgements made are consistent with a broadly-based authoritative scientific consensus. Containing experts; leading academic authority and industry professionals, ONR has no knowledge of any other fully independent operator who holds the ability to satisfy its requirement at present and consequently asserts general grounds are satisfied.
Publisher note: None
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Procurement method changed25 May 2023, 16:04 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | £2,000,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | £2,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Independent Research and Advice on Nuclear Graphite · UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2023
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Independent Research and Advice on Nuclear Graphite · UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2022
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 2000000Review body
- Christine AlcockReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- The University of ManchesterAwarded supplier
- The University of ManchesterAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.