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# UKRI-1679 Remote Retrieval and Handling Facility

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1679-remote-retrieval-and-handling-facility-ocds-h6vhtk-02e025). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-1679 Remote Retrieval and Handling Facility". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Containers for waste material, For waste material, Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e025`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **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/ukri-1679-remote-retrieval-and-handling-facility-ocds-h6vhtk-02e025#tl-md)

## Description
Design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of a hot cell facility. 
The Remote Retrieval and Handling Facility (RRHF) project is part of the Waste Accumulation Reduction Programme (WARP) which is in place to manage the accumulation of radioactive waste from legacy facilities and current ISIS operations at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). This radioactive waste needs to be safely managed and disposed of in compliance with legislation and government policy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The RRHF will be a specialist hot cell facility that will allow handling of radioactive waste, primarily in preparation for disposal, but also facilitating sampling, size reduction, Post Irradiation Examination (PIE), maintenance and other tasks invo...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022710-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-13T15:15:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T02:53:39.982Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e025