Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Telephone
+44 2072155000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.delta-esourcing.com
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Campus for Advanced Nuclear Skills and Innovation
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Establishment of a 1-year pilot for development of an advanced nuclear skills and innovation campus. A delivery partner will be procured to:
•Improve coordination and focus advanced nuclear energy innovation and high-level skills development;
•Establish physical collaboration with office and laboratory space on an existing nuclear licensed site;
•Conduct market engagement and commissioning of seed or match investment in pilot technology development and demonstration projects to be performed on the site.
•Enable virtual collaboration with links to facilities, academia and wider skills across the sector
•Enable knowledge transfer and training
•Establish funded training / sponsorship of Masters/ PhD students.
The campus delivery partner will:
•be a vehicle for co-investment to establish campus projects and underpinning advanced nuclear training;
•conduct ongoing engagement with industry and interfacing programmes;
•monitor progress of campus projects and training regimes.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,700,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
- 73120000 - Experimental development services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance
UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement is for a one-year contract with a single delivery partner or consortium. It will be conducted via an open competitive procedure and will be advertised on Find A Tender (FTS) and Contracts Finder.
The ITT and specification will be developed with market engagement, with a supplier day to be held on Tuesday 2nd March.
two.2.14) Additional information
The campus will be a high level skills and innovation “institute” housed within a Public Sector Research Establishment (PSRE) on a nuclear licensed site (of which there are several that could be viable) for developing and demonstrating advanced nuclear technologies that can contribute to Net Zero and society. We are seeking market input to develop the specifications for this pilot project.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 April 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=572853338
GO Reference: GO-2021223-PRO-17834208