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title: "RACE - Laser welding trials"
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# RACE - Laser welding trials

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/race-laser-welding-trials-ocds-h6vhtk-037c53). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: "RACE - Laser welding trials". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority-GB-FTS-1212)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037c53`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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/race-laser-welding-trials-ocds-h6vhtk-037c53#tl-md)

## Description
RACE has been investigating laser welding and carried out trials of its own design of laser
welding equipment in 2018. It has just completed a second iteration of the design to implement improvements (higher power output, more reliability) and a similar set of trials to the 2018 work needs to be carried out to verify the design. RACE does not have the equipment and expertise to test internally.
The services, facilities and support needed are:
• Laser test facilities (Safety cell, laser power source, robot, measurement equipment)
• Technician support to run experiments
• Guidance on welding setup and parameters
• Analysis of welds
• Interpretation of welds and expert opinion

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** RACE has been investigating laser welding and carried out trials of its own design of laser
welding equipment in 2018. It has just completed a second iteration of the design to
implement improvements (higher power output, more reliability) and a simi...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Laser welding trials (active)
  - Award id: `030188-2022-C/2068630-1`
  - Supplier(s): **TWI Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-92886`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Laser welding trials (active)

  - Signed Date: 24/10/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030188-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-26T12:37:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:08:18.241Z
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