UKAEA - RAICo - Procurement of SPOT Quadruped Robots

Official notice

Authority: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: UKNorth West (UKD11)

Awarded value£1,682,7672 contracts · exc. VAT

Awarded 13 Feb 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Createc Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement of 4 additional SPOT Robots which are required by the RAICo Programme in order to conduct further research into the efficacy of use of quadruped robots in Nuclear Decommissioning environments.

CPV: Industrial robots

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK, North West · Whitehaven

42997300 Industrial robots

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: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 Jan 2024, 12:49 GMT
Last source update: 15 Mar 2024, 14:33 GMT
Authority reference: JNCA/PJP017/24
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-008455
Classification (CPV): Industrial robots
Delivery area: UKNorth West (UKD11)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0434e7 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: RACE / RAICo have purchased SPOT robots previously after evaluating the market and establishing that they were the best in class quadruped robots. These have been equipped with custom payloads that are being used extensively by RACE. They have also developed the digital interface and standards to allow its application in Nuclear Decommissioning.
The RAICo programme requires additional 4 devices to facilitate further development and demonstration of their capability across a number of NDA sites that have been requested by the NDA. These will utilise custom SPOT developments created by RAICo and RACE.
The rationale for acquiring the same robot is to ensure the technology and expertise we have developed for the robots to be interchangeable allowing for more synergy in our capability.
Createc are the sole authorised supplier of Spot Quadruped Robots in the United Kingdom.

Review and risk notes

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 forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £1,682,7672 contracts exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 13 Feb 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Createc LtdSupply of 4 Boston Dynamics SPOT Robots	£841,383 †	—	Awarded
Createc Ltd	£841,384 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

UKAEA - RAICo - Procurement of SPOT Quadruped Robots · Createc Ltd
Signed
13 Feb 2024
Value
£841,384
Status
active
Supply of 4 Boston Dynamics SPOT Robots · Createc Ltd
Signed
25 Jan 2024
Value
£841,383
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawFusion Research N/A Culham Campus, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

UK Atomic Energy AuthorityMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Abingdon

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Createc LtdAwarded supplier7293648 Unit 4 Derwent Mills Commercial Park, Cockermouth, North West, CA130HT
Createc LtdAwarded supplier "Unit 4 Derwent Mills Commercial Park, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA130HT", Cockermouth, North West

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.