Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
Contact
Abigail Woods
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
National registration number
N/A
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
Buyer's address
https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/72814
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=44211&B=UK
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Fusion Research
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
H3AT Skid Manufacture
Reference number
T/AW041/22
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 31682210 - Instrumentation and control equipment
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
UKAEA wishes to engage with potential prime contractors, SME’s, fabricators and assemblers for the fabrication, assembly and testing of 5-10 modular skid mounted assemblies and the fitout of 20 gloveboxes (gloveboxes to be free issued or provisioned by the contractor). Scope and quantity to be confirmed at ITT and is subject to preliminary and detailed engineering design phases. These units will make up a number of sub-systems that will form the Tritium Plant located within the new H3AT Facility currently in construction on the UKAEA Culham site. The units will generally comprise of equipment, valves, instrumentation and interconnecting pipework mounted into containment skids or in gloveboxes (gloveboxes to be tendered as a separate package). Skids will be required to accommodate equipment and piping in various sizes, approximate footprints of 0.5x0.5m up to 2.8x1.5m and heights 0.5-2.1m (to be confirmed).
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £8,750,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 09343000 - Radioactive materials
- 09344000 - Radio-isotopes
- 31211110 - Control panels
- 31213000 - Distribution equipment
- 31213100 - Distribution boxes
- 31213300 - Cable distribution cabinet
- 31213400 - Distribution system
- 31224700 - Junction boxes
- 31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus
- 31682200 - Instrument panels
- 31731100 - Modules
- 42131390 - Assemblies of valves
- 42418500 - Mechanical handling equipment
- 42664000 - Fusion equipment
- 42961000 - Command and control system
- 42990000 - Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery
- 44141000 - Conduit
- 44141100 - Electric conduit
- 44142000 - Frames
- 44160000 - Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items
- 44162000 - Piping
- 44162100 - Piping supplies
- 44163000 - Pipes and fittings
- 44163100 - Pipes
- 44163150 - Low-pressure pipes
- 44163160 - Distribution pipes and accessories
- 44163200 - Pipe fittings
- 44163210 - Pipe clamps
- 44163230 - Pipe connectors
- 44163240 - Pipe joints
- 44163241 - Insulated joints
- 44164200 - Tubing
- 44164300 - Tubular goods
- 44164310 - Tubes and fittings
- 44167100 - Couplings
- 44167110 - Flanges
- 44167111 - Flange adaptors
- 44167300 - Bends, tees and pipe fittings
- 44167400 - Elbows
- 44200000 - Structural products
- 44210000 - Structures and parts of structures
- 44212313 - Supports
- 44212500 - Angles and sections
- 44316400 - Hardware
- 44318000 - Conductors
- 44320000 - Cable and related products
- 44322000 - Cable accessories
- 44322100 - Cable conduits
- 44322200 - Cable connectors
- 44322300 - Cable ducts
- 44322400 - Cable fasteners
- 44531500 - Flange jointing sets
- 44615000 - Pressure vessels
- 44615100 - Steel pressure vessels
- 45255400 - Fabrication work
- 45262670 - Metalworking
- 45262680 - Welding
- 45311000 - Electrical wiring and fitting work
- 45311100 - Electrical wiring work
- 45311200 - Electrical fitting work
- 71300000 - Engineering services
- 71314100 - Electrical services
- 71320000 - Engineering design services
- 71323000 - Engineering-design services for industrial process and production
- 71323200 - Plant engineering design services
- 71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services
- 71333000 - Mechanical engineering services
- 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services
- 71335000 - Engineering studies
- 71336000 - Engineering support services
- 71340000 - Integrated engineering services
- 71350000 - Engineering-related scientific and technical services
- 72242000 - Design-modelling services
- 73430000 - Test and evaluation
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
UKAEA wishes to engage with potential prime contractors, SME’s, fabricators and assemblers for the fabrication, assembly and testing of 5-10 modular skid mounted assemblies and the fitout of 20 gloveboxes (gloveboxes to be free issued or provisioned by the contractor). Scope and quantity to be confirmed at ITT and is subject to preliminary and detailed engineering design phases. These units will make up a number of sub-systems that will form the Tritium Plant located within the new H3AT Facility currently in construction on the UKAEA Culham site. The units will generally comprise of equipment, valves, instrumentation and interconnecting pipework mounted into containment skids or in gloveboxes (gloveboxes to be tendered as a separate package). Skids will be required to accommodate equipment and piping in various sizes, approximate footprints of 0.5x0.5m up to 2.8x1.5m and heights 0.5-2.1m (to be confirmed).
Through this process we are looking to open-up the engagement for suppliers with the aim of ensuring there is sufficient production capability and capacity to meet project timelines and design requirements.
UKAEA intend, after the engagement exercise, to issue tenders through the Find a Tender service (replacement to Tenders Electronic Daily) to procure services for design and provision of equipment through competitively tendered contracts.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 July 2022
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: No