Published date: 14 February 2024

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


Closing: 19 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Spectroscopy devices - 33114000

  • Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment - 35113200

  • Apparatus for measuring radiation - 38341000

    • Radiation monitors - 38341600

    • Detection and analysis apparatus - 38430000

    • Non-medical equipment based on the use of radiations - 38580000

    • Nuclear evaluation instruments - 38940000

    • Gamma counters - 38945000

Location of contract

OX143DB

Value of contract

£0 to £120,000

Procurement reference

20240214120929-72814

Published date

14 February 2024

Closing date

19 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

20 January 2024

Contract end date

22 March 2024

Contract type

Supply 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

The JET Decommissioning and Repurposing (JDR) programme has been established within UKAEA to carry out the decommissioning of JET following the cessation of operations in December 2023. Within the JDR programme, the Characterisation project is responsible for the radiological characterisation of JET's facilities and assets. The Characterisation project plans to commence early sampling of areas from the start of 2024 which will involve the taking of small samples from a wide range of material types and locations across the JET estate and will also be supporting the Sample Retrieval Project, which will be retrieving a small number of JET in-vessel components for analysis. The analysis of these samples is crucial to underpin key strategic decisions for JDR. Gamma spectroscopy will form a vital part of the characterisation process for activated material and therefore UKAEA wishes to expand it's existing capability on the Culham site.
UKAEA are looking to procure a High-resolution gamma-spectrometer for use by the JDR Characterisation project. The main purpose of the instrument will be to quantify the nuclide activity of small, typically neutron activated samples, ranging in size from 2cm diameter up to 30cm, with the possibility of even larger items such as waste drums sized items. This equipment is key for the analysis of samples taken during the early sampling of JET facilities by the Characterisation team. The equipment will also be used to support the Sample Retrieval Project in the analysis of in-vessel components taken from JET in 2024. It is envisaged that the equipment will be deployed in various locations and as such, it should be portable. Such that early sampling work can progress, the equipment will be required to be operational on-site by the end of FY23/24.

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Award information

Awarded date

26 January 2024

Contract start date

14 February 2024

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Total value of contract

£105,800

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Mirion Technologies (Canberra UK) Limited

Address

Unit 2, Zephyr Building
Eighth Street
Harwell Campus
Oxfordshire
OX11 0RL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Kallen Johnson

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Email

kallen.johnson@ukaea.uk

Website

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