Published date: 9 July 2019

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: 2 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy - 09300000

  • Engineering-related scientific and technical services - 71350000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20190709160123-72814

Published date

9 July 2019

Closing date

2 August 2019

Contract start date

3 August 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

The purpose of this tender is to select Consultant(s) to report currently available, high integrity, hatch or port sealing technology which most closely satisfies the stated criteria and as a second part to identify, to price and to propose a programme of development work to achieve or improve the sealing solutions to meet the requirements over a period of 3 years.
The scope for the study is for vacuum vessel closure plates
The study is being issued at a preliminary stage of a design and one of the biggest unknown factors is the precise dimensions of the required opening. Thus, a generic approach is being taken for this study which shall be based on the technologies that are available in industry.
There are two aspects to the study;
a. To identify the closure plate design solutions that can meet the seal leakage requirements and can be installed and removed quickly using remote handling tools. Amongst other factors this assumes a light design. Bolting solutions are not preferred due to their expected duration.
b. To identify the maximum weight of the closure plate that the offered seal and closure plate technology could support for this application including any improvements that could be made to the closure plate design.

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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