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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-011909/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Prior information notice with call for competition
Services

This notice is a call for competition
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
National registration number: N/A
Postal address: Culham Science Centre
Town: Abingdon
Postal code: OX14 3DB
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Carl Evans
Telephone: +44 1235467082
Email: carl.evans@ukaea.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other activity: Fusion Research

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Water Chemistry (1)
Reference number: T/CE081/22
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract Services

II.1.4) Short Description:
Requirement for Water Chemistry: experimentation, database development, modelling and associated research on fusion grade materials.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 375000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)

II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 42151000
Main CPV code: 71337000
Main CPV code: 73100000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 – Corrosion database development and experimental work and / or Lot 2 – Modelling development

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 375000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions:
Refer to Procurement Documents for information.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Form of procedure:
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date:2022-06-10
Local time:12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section V: Award of contract

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: UK Atomic Energy Authority
Postal address: Culham Science Centre
Town: Abingdon
Postal code: OX14 3DB
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address:

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: UK Atomic Energy Authority
Postal address: Culham Science Centre
Town: Abingdon
Postal code: OX14 3DB
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address:

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
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).

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: UK Atomic Energy Authority
Postal address: Culham Science Centre
Town: Abingdon
Postal code: OX14 3DB
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-05-06