Official UK procurement notice
MAST-U Replacement Spectroscopy Camera
Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKAEA has need for a scientific-grade Electron Multiplication Charge-Coupled Device sensor for a passive spectroscopy diagnostic to replace a Princeton Instruments ProEM 1024b camera used as diagnostics for MAST-U. The instrument will be connected to a UV-visible Czerny-Turner spectrometer manufactured by Princeton Instruments (now Teledyne Princeton Instruments), model 2500a, via a c-mount adaptor. It will measure the spectrum of light emitted from the MAST Upgrade tokamak at high spectral resolution (~0.1nm). The diagnostic, including the camera, will operate routinely to measure spectra of visible (400-800nm) and near-UV (300-400nm) radiation during experiments.
CPV: Spectroscopy devices
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Cancelled
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- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 12 Jan 2024, 12:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2024, 12:19 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
For the replacement equipment to be compatible with the current software developed by the UKAEA for its MAST-U operations, the long and specific list of requirements need to be fulfilled and be as close to the camera it replaces as possible. Estimated cost for developing a new software is commercially prohibitive not to mention the time it would take to develop this software, estimated to take between one and two years of work. In addition, the camera is connected to a spectrometer that was manufactured by the same supplier, and choosing the same manufacturer now therefore minimizes the risk of acquiring a non-compatible camera with the existing setup.
- 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).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
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