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PU Ceramics Academic Hub

Buyer: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority →

BuyerNuclear Decommissioning Authority

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£5,000,000

Published16 May 2025

What is being bought

PU Ceramics Academic Hub, product research and development service

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 30 Nov 2029 to 1 Dec 2034

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Research and development services and related consultancy services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 73	3,045	3 median · 26.7 average (1,087 of 3,045 with a bid count)	2.5 average (1,228 of 3,045 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	8	Not published	Not published	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	134	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-0515c7
Latest release ID	022221-2025
Latest release timestamp	Fri May 16 2025 12:23:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	No
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£5,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
16 May 2025	planningUpdate	022221-2025
16 May 2025	planning	022197-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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