Published date: 22 November 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Radioactive materials - 09343000

  • Research, testing and scientific technical simulator - 38970000

  • Heat-exchange units - 42511100

    • Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis - 71241000

    • Mechanical engineering services - 71333000

    • Engineering studies - 71335000

    • Engineering support services - 71336000

    • Corrosion engineering services - 71337000

    • Technical assistance services - 71356200

    • Experimental development services - 73120000

    • Development consultancy services - 73220000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0 to £180,000

Procurement reference

20191122123133-72814

Published date

22 November 2019

Closing date

1 November 2019

Contract start date

25 November 2019

Contract end date

28 February 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Manging the heat exhaust from a fusion reactor is one of the most pressing challenges facing those seeking to realise a commercial power plant design.

A fusion reactor heat exhaust is handled via a divertor, which needs to handle large heat fluxes (>10 MWm-2) especially in the divertor target.

For spherical tokamak designs such as STEP, the compact nature of the device potentially increases the heat fluxes on the plasma-facing components, such as the divertor target, and restricts the space for incorporating cooling when compared to conventional larger aspect-ratio tokamaks such as ITER or EU-DEMO.

Parallels can be drawn between the heat management challenges faced in the fusion community and those faced outside the fusion community, particularly in sectors such as motorsport, aerospace, power electronics, and renewable energy where high performance heat exchangers are utilized.

The STEP Work Package 5 (Resilient Nuclear Components) wishes to harness industrial expertise in heat exchanger design outside the fusion community and to identify whether this expertise can be applied to developing an innovative heat exchanger concept design for the STEP divertor target.

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Award information

Awarded date

18 November 2019

Contract start date

18 November 2019

Contract end date

13 March 2020

Total value of contract

£170,602.03

This contract was awarded to 4 suppliers.

Norton Straw

Address

Norton Straw Consultants Limited
The East Mill
Darley Abbey Mills
Darley Abbey
Derby
DE22 1DZ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Rolls Royce Power Engineering

Address

Barnwood 4
Barnett Way
Barnwood
Gloucester
GL4 3RT
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Wood Nuclear Limited

Address

No 2 Booths Park
Chelford Road
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 8QX
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd

Address

1 Lower Lamb Street
Bristol
BS1 5UD
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Vincent Tsang

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235466444

Email

vincent.tsang@ukaea.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority