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Published 9 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Safety Case Support Services

Official notice

Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£400,000≈ £133k / year · £480,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 12 May 2026awarded 26 Jun 2026
Awarded to ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED
Contract term 3 yrsends 14 Jun 2029 · up to 14 Jun 2030 with extensions · starts 15 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UKAEA Safety Case Engineering Group provide a Safety Case service to existing and future fusion research facilities both at UKAEA and in the wider fusion community. Output from the group provides assurance to UKAEA that all major process hazards (radiological and non-radiological) are identified and managed to meet the requirements of legislation. Safety Cases are developed in line with those for previously owned UKAEA licensed sites. UKAEA require safety case engineering support on a call off basis. The contract duration will be for a period of 3 years, with the option of a 1 year extension. Support may be required to all aspects of the production of staged safety cases, including but not limited to: Hazard Identification (inc. HAZOP Chair and Secretary), Consequence and Frequency Calculations, Design Basis Assessment, Probabilistic Safety Analysis, Human Factors, ALARP Arguments. Whilst this will be focused on radiological hazards, it will also include assessment of conventional process hazards.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 15 Mar 2030, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Technical analysis or consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£400,000
Contract period: 15 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 14 Jun 2030 with extensionsValue: £400,000 exc. VAT · £480,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Optional 1 year extension
71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality evaluation: 70%
  • Price evaluation: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality evaluation: Quality/Technical
  • Price evaluation: Commercial Evaluation
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 15 Mar 2030
First published
9 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
Last source update
27 Oct 2026, 17:04 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Jun 2026
Authority reference
T/RAF012/25
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034897
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Technical analysis or consultancy services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ab42 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
12 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

9 Oct 2025 → 27 Oct 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published383 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
  2. Market engagement367 days ago
    25 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST

    The market engagement questionnaire can be found in the attached documents, available via EU Supply. Please take the time to read through them, and return Appendix 1 with your feedback. uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

  3. Next notice expected348 days ago
    12 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published194 days ago
    16 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
  5. Clarification questions by182 days ago
    28 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline168 days ago
    12 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by146 days ago
    2 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Contract starts134 days ago
    15 Jun 2026
  9. Assessment summaries sent123 days ago
    26 Jun 2026
  10. Standstill ends111 days ago
    7 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  11. Latest notice publishedjust passed
    27 Oct 2026, 17:04 GMT

Notice history

10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Oct 2025, 10:00 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    16 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £400,000
    16 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
    was £600,000
  4. Status changed to active
    16 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    16 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
  6. Deadline published: 12 May 2026, 12:00 BST
    16 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
  7. Contract award notice published
    26 Jun 2026, 13:01 BST
    UK6
  8. Status changed to complete
    26 Jun 2026, 13:01 BST
  9. Contract signature expected
    13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  10. Contract details notice published
    27 Oct 2026, 17:04 GMT
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 9 Oct 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £400,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 137 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Oct 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED14 Jul 2026 – 13 Jul 2029 · up to 13 Jul 2030Extensions: Optional 12 month extension£400,00026 Jun 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Safety Case Support Services · ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED

    Signed
    27 Oct 2026
    Value
    £400,000
    Period
    27 Oct 2026 – 26 Oct 2029 · up to 26 Oct 2030 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    3 + 1

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
13final-stage tenders · 15 at stage one70—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Arcadis Consulting (UK) LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHRH-6497-YBRR 80 Fenchurch Street, London, London, EC3M 4BYContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure