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Published 23 May 2025, 10:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RAICo Phase 2 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£7,500,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 9 Jun 2025no call for competition

Awarded to UKAEA2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

RAICo (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration) – Phase 2. R&D on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Eligibility: SME eligible

42997300 Industrial robots 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services 73300000 Design and execution of research and development

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 May 2025, 10:10 BST
Last source update: 5 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT
Authority reference: C25984
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-010615
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0520eb Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Prototypes Development
Published justification: Given RAICo Phase 2 is very similar to Phase 1, it is believed this will be an Exempted Contract under PA23 (Schedule 2 – Part 1 – Para 3 – Horizontal Arrangement). An alternative could be Schedule 2 – Part 2 – Para 22 – R&D.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

18 Jun 2025 → 5 Feb 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
18 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published253 days ago
5 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025

Transparency notice published
23 May 2025, 10:10 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
9 Jun 2025, 16:47 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
5 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2some still in standstill

Awarded value £7,500,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
UKAEA30 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2030	£7,500,000	9 Jun 2025standstill to 18 Jun 2025	Standstill
UKAEA	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

RAICo Phase 2 programme · UKAEA
Signed
1 Apr 2025
Value
£7,500,000
Period
1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2029
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: tbc

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVDH-2346-PXDL Herdus House Westlakes Science and Technology Park Moor Row, Cumbria, North West, CA24 3HUContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

UKAEAAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD UKAEA , K2/1/10, Culham Science Centre, Culham, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender5 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender9 Jun 2025, 16:47 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender23 May 2025, 10:10 BST