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Published 13 May 2022, 14:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-2183 SWIMMR S6: An Updated Space Weather Impact Assessment Study

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000≈ £158k / year6.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Jun 2022awarded 7 Sept 2022
Awarded to RHEATECH Ltd
Contract term 1 yr 7 moends 29 Feb 2024 · starts 22 Jul 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

RAL Space, within UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Science and Technology Facilities

Council (STFC), wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of SWIMMR S6: An updated space weather impact

assessment study.

CPV: Economic research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Over the last decade, a considerable amount of activity has been devoted toAwarded 1 yr 7 moPublished value£250,000

Over the last decade, a considerable amount of activity has been devoted to

establishing the technical case behind the study of space weather processes, their prediction and the mitigation of

potential impacts. Notable examples of relevance to the UK include the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2013 report

“Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure” (Cannon et al, 2013) and the work of the

Space Environment Impacts Expert Group (SEIEG), which forms part of the advisory mechanism for UK Civil

Contingencies.

A need now exists to build upon and extend the findings reported in Cannon et al (2013), taking account of these

recent technological developments and identifying whether (and how) it might be necessary to broaden the scope of

the currently existing set of economic impact studies.

The objective of the SWIMMR S6 project is to produce a report, building on and extending the 2013 Royal Academy

of Engineering Report by Cannon et al, capturing the current scientific and technical rationale behind UK activities in

space weather.

Contract period: 22 Jul 2022 – 29 Feb 2024 (1 yr 7 mo)
Delivery: South East · Oxfordshire
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Method and Approach: 30%
  • Partners and Peer Review: 15%
  • Risks and Challenges: 20%
  • Project Plan and Resources: 15%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Method and Approach: 30
  • Partners and Peer Review: 15
  • Risks and Challenges: 20
  • Project Plan and Resources: 15
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
13 May 2022, 14:05 BST
Last source update
17 Oct 2022, 19:05 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
UKRI-2183
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029246
Classification (CPV)
Economic research services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03376a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=728845290 GO Reference: GO-20221017-PRO-21174041

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Jun 2022, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
20 Jun 2022, 11:00 BST

Timeline

20 Jun 2022 → 17 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Jun 2022, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    20 Jun 2022, 11:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    22 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    17 Oct 2022, 19:05 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Oct 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Oct 2022, 19:05 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    17 Oct 2022, 19:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £234,6001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
RHEATECH Ltd£234,600 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 029246-2022-UKRI-2183-1 · RHEATECH Ltd

    Signed
    7 Sept 2022
    Value
    £234,600
    Period
    … – 29 Feb 2024
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearchRecreation, culture and religion Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Rheatech LtdAwarded supplier03838015 G.21-25, Building R71,, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,, Didcot, South East, OX11 0QXContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.