Official UK procurement notice
High Heat Flux Thermal Hydraulic and Electromagnetic Test Rig
Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKAEA invites proposals from suppliers for design and construction of an innovative Module Test Facility(MTF) test rig to meet solutions not currently available on the market. The MTF test rig will provide a thermo-hydraulic and electromagnetic test facility for testing prototype components in fusion relevant (but non-nuclear)environments. The innovation partnership will be established in successive phases aiming at the development and subsequent purchase of supplies, service and/or works to deliver the MTF to agreed performance levels and costs. The test rig will be developed by the successful participants in this innovation partnership process.
CPV: Fusion equipment · Research and testing facilities construction work · Research, testing and scientific technical simulator · Scientific installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Design and construction of an innovative Module Test Facility(MTF) test rig to meet…Awarded
Design and construction of an innovative Module Test Facility(MTF) test rig to meet solutions not currently available on the market. The MTF test rig will provide a thermo-hydraulic and electromagnetic test facility for testing prototype components in fusion relevant (but non-nuclear) environments, aiming at the development and subsequent
purchase of supplies, service and/or works to deliver the MTF to agreed performance levels
and costs.
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Safety: 10%
- Programme: 10%
- Technical: 40%
- Terms and conditions: 5%
- Cost: 30%
- Fees: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Safety: 10
- Programme: 10
- Technical: 40
- Terms and conditions: 5
- Cost: 30
- Fees: 5
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Innovation partnership
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jun 2021, 12:06 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jun 2023, 14:09 BST
- Authority reference
T/TM012/18- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-017674- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b9e4Find a Tender
- 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
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Timeline
16 Dec 2019 → 21 Jun 2023 · 2 dates- Contract starts16 Dec 2019
- Notice published21 Jun 2023, 14:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Nuclear Limited | £14,326,935 † | — | Awarded |
| Amentum Clean Energy Ltd, Wood Nuclear Limitedjoint award | £31,900,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
High Heat Flux, Thermal-Hydraulic and Electromagnetic Test Rig · Wood Nuclear Limited
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2019
- Value
- £14,326,935
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2025
- Status
- active
Contract 017674-2023-11749-1 · Amentum Clean Energy Ltd, Wood Nuclear Limited
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2019
- Value
- £31,900,000
- Period
- 16 Dec 2019 – 31 Jul 2025
- Status
- active
- Change Price cap added, subject to Employer’s risks materialising after 1st October 2022., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: On the first condition, the reasoning is that this is an experimental project, which explains the unforeseen circumstance (significant cost overruns due to the experimental nature of the project) and that is the principal purpose of a Target Cost Contract. This certainty obtained through the price cap would not have been possible initially, due to the aggregate risks inherent to the experimental nature of the project. On the second condition, adding a cap does not alter the overall nature of the contract, as the contractor is still providing services in relation to the design and procurement, manufacture, delivery, installation and commissioning of CHIMERA. On the third condition, the reasoning is that adding a price cap does not carry any increase in price.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Jacobs Clean Energy LtdAwarded supplier
- Wood Nuclear LimitedAwarded supplier
- Wood Nuclear LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.