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# PU Ceramics Academic Hub

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pu-ceramics-academic-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-049738). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: "PU Ceramics Academic Hub". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Oct 2024, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-2464.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Nuclear Decommissioning Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nuclear-decommissioning-authority-gov-pb197)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 October 2024 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services, Research and experimental development services, Research services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049738`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pu-ceramics-academic-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-049738#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-2464.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-2464.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pu-ceramics-academic-hub-ocds-h6vhtk-049738#participate

## Description
PU Ceramics Academic Hub - This tender is to provide a framework under which a series of PhD projects in Plutonium Disposition can be delivered. The NDA anticipates that approximately 20 PhD projects can be delivered or started with the funding available over the 5 years of the framework (approximately 4 new projects per year),

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000, 73100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £5,000,000
- **Description:** Provision of a PU Ceramics Academic Hub

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027933-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-02T12:55:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:23:17.449Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049738