Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Campus
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
Contact
Robert Franklin
Telephone
+44 1235466915
Fax
+44 1235466859
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
National registration number
N/A
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
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
ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System
Reference number
13029
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 42000000 - Industrial machinery
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System - Addition of Trail to original contract
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 189,300 EUR
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 42410000 - Lifting and handling equipment
- 42419000 - Parts of lifting and handling equipment
- 42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- ES120 - Asturias
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The UK Atomic Energy Authority will work with the Supplier in assembling and trailing the ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System and Modules which have already been manufactured under the original advertised contract. The trails here are additional work and are due to take place at the suppliers premises due to space limitations at the Authority’s site.
The project looks to mock up an important RH process for ITER based on the Generic Upper Port Plug maintenance and will seek to further expand the operational suitability of the hardware. This will be attained by assessing the possibility of using a minimum amount of metrology, or alternative measurement activity, to achieve an insertion of the DSM and DFWs within the port plug mock up. The trials are based on the expected information available in the hot cell which rely on a limited amount of physical data.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: STechnical Abilityuppliers Technical Capability / Weighting: 75
Cost criterion - Name: Total Price / Weighting: 25
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The Supplier was awarded a contract in 2022 for the Manufacture, Assembly, Testing and Supply of ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System. This requirement adds work for the goods, still within the Suppliers factory, to be trailed by the Authority's staff. A change of supplier would cause additional costs in shipping the goods elsewhere, cause delays to the project and would be impracticable.
Due to the experience and complexity of the requirements it would be difficult to uncouple this work and tender competitively.
The addition of this work to the contract has been authorised by UKAEA's Head of Procurement.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-008293
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
13029
Title
Tower System - Addition of Trail
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Asturfeito SA
CAlle Metalurgicos 14B
Aviles
33417
Country
Spain
NUTS code
- ES120 - Asturias
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 189,300 EUR
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Date of award is date of start of standstill. Contract amendment will be issued on completion of standstill period.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
six.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).
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority