Published date: 9 June 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 26 July 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

  • Research services - 73110000

    • Experimental development services - 73120000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£1 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20210609140030-72814

Published date

9 June 2021

Closing date

26 July 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 August 2021

Contract end date

16 December 2021

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 requirement is to perform the metal deposition trials, developing the process parameters, assessing the quality of the deposit, delivering samples for further assessment, and a delivering a written report with the analysis and results. The main objective is to achieve a "defect-free" deposition and to identify the most relevant process parameters for each technique. The scope of this contract is on direct metal deposition trials. The full scope is divided into two sub-sections: scope 1: Wire Laser Deposition, scope 2: Laser-Assisted Cold Spray.


About the buyer

Contact name

Hugo Silva

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235467082

Email

hugo.silva@ukaea.uk

Website

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