Official UK procurement notice
RAICo - Digital Catapult - Data Exploitation
Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFacilitate the engagement with the niche technology start-ups / SME’s in the area of Data Exploitation focused on a unified data format suitable for nuclear decommissioning and utilising / analysing the data, possibly with AI.
CPV: Services furnished by professional organisations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jun 2023, 12:24 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2023, 12:24 BST
- Authority reference
JNCA/PJP106/22- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-016417- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d50bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Digital Catapult is the UK's government leading advanced technology innovation centre. It drives the early adoption of digital technologies to make UK businesses more competitive and productive to grow the country's economy. It's aims are not to commercialise product but to remain impartial and to develop the research and development of the supply chain in the field of Data Exploitation. This direct award enables us to engage with Digital Catapult and their extended network, comprising the best in class of the supply chain of digital solutions. This gives RAICo the opportunity to engage with a large number of digital suppliers and effectively underpin the market engagement exercise to identify suitable organisations to whom we can award pre-commercial Procurement contracts .
- 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).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Catapult Services Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
RAICo - Digital Catapult - Data Exploitation · Digital Catapult Services Limited
- Signed
- 14 Apr 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | £230,000 – £230,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Digital Catapult Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.