Expired contract

High Heat Flux Thermal Hydraulic and Electromagnetic Test Rig

Details

Buyer: UK Atomic Energy Authority
Supplier(s): Amentum Clean Energy Ltd
Value: £31,900,000
Duration: 6 years
Topic: Fusion equipment
Published: 9 June 2021
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

UKAEA invites proposals from suppliers for design and construction of an innovative Module Test Facility(MTF) test rig to meet solutions not currently available on the market. The MTF test rig will provide a thermo-hydraulic and electromagnetic test facility for testing prototype components in fusion relevant (but non-nuclear)environments. The innovation partnership will be established in successive phases aiming at the development and subsequent purchase of supplies, service and/or works to deliver the MTF to agreed performance levels and costs. The test rig will be developed by the successful participants in this innovation partnership process. Lot 1: Design and construction of an innovative Module Test Facility(MTF) test rig to meet solutions not currently available on the market. The MTF test rig will provide a thermo-hydraulic and electromagnetic test facility for testing prototype components in fusion relevant (but non-nuclear) environments, aiming at the development and subsequent purchase of supplies, service and/or works to deliver the MTF to agreed performance levels and costs.

Timeline

Completed: Award date16 December 2019
Completed: Award published9 June 2021
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 July 2025

About the buyer

The UK Atomic Energy Authority is the central government body behind the UK's fusion energy programmes and tenders every opportunity above a low-value threshold. Opportunities and notices are published on the Central Digital Platform, also known as Find a Tender. Bidders access all tender documents through EU Supply, the authority's centralised platform. Much of this procurement flows through government frameworks, including the Crown Commercial Service. A quarterly procurement pipeline gives visibility of larger forthcoming opportunities. Two published charters, on the supply chain and on social value, set out the authority's approach to its suppliers.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, software and information systems and industrial machinery.

Relevant CPV codes

42664000 · Fusion equipment

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@uk-atomic-energy-authority.gov