Published date: 23 August 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000
Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000
Software integration consultancy services - 72227000
Software consultancy services - 72266000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£150,000
Procurement reference
20240823170712-72814
Published date
23 August 2024
Closing date
23 September 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
16 October 2024
Contract end date
31 March 2025
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
The project objective is to extend real-time plasma control frameworks with uncertainty quantification (UQ) to increase resilience.
Plasma control systems must operate reliably. They have tight real-time performance constraints and must work across a range of parameter space in which adapting effectively to the response of the highly non-linear plasma is critical. Modern approaches to control problems recognize the importance of quantifying uncertainty and applying systematic treatment to optimise results. The project seeks to apply state of the art thinking from the field of uncertainty quantification to build new capabilities in plasma control software frameworks.
In general, there is scope to make control systems more resilient and to better characterize and control operational risks by applying UQ methods in plasma control system.
Example objectives could include studies of the variable performance of control systems as a function of actuator response variability, either static, or time varying (the latter including short term and long term drift).
Approaches could be first principles based on parametric knowledge of behaviours from models, and/or empirical inferring statistical variability from data.
Another direction of interest is applying UQ to control of systems with uncertain dynamics and building robust solutions even in the absence of detailed models.
UKAEA require the provision of staff with strong knowledge and experience of the theory and techniques in modern uncertainty quantification to work in close cooperation with UKAEA research and development staff for a period running from contract award until March 31 2025.
Reserved Procurement (UK only)
In line with Procurement Policy Note 11/20, UKAEA is reserving the right to participate in this procurement to organisations who are based within the UK.
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About the buyer
Contact name
Charlotte Byrne
Address
Culham Campus
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG
Website
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
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