Official UK procurement notice
STEP: Commercial Pathway Support
Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe STEP programme intends to progress the conceptual design of the STEP Prototype Reactor (SPR) to an investible point by April 2024.
A key aspect of the STEP programme is to consider the overall trajectory to achieve the commercialisation of fusion, identifying the role that the STEP programme and in particular SPR play.
This Invitation to Tender invites Potential Suppliers to submit a tender that may lead to an award of contract for the provision of:
Technical services supporting the commercial pathway of the STEP project via investigative / feasibility studies, technology maturity assessments, high-level development of concept design flowsheets and modelling / assessment of energy systems at a supranational, national or regional level.
CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Research and development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,000,000
What it takes to wini
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).
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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).
- Suitability
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- Economic & financial standing
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Minimum: Refer to Procurement Documents for information. - Technical & professional ability
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Sept 2021, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Sept 2021, 15:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
T/RB202/21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023966- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e50eFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.
- 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).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
27 Sept 2021 → 1 Jan 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published27 Sept 2021, 15:38 BST
- Submission deadline1 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened1 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until1 Jan 2022, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.