Published date: 9 November 2023
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Research, testing and scientific technical simulator - 38970000
Industrial robots - 42997300
Research and testing facilities construction work - 45214620
Location of contract
OX14 3DB
Value of contract
£0 to £500,000
Procurement reference
20231109130834-72814
Published date
9 November 2023
Closing date
16 August 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
13 September 2023
Contract end date
31 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?
Yes
Description
RACE is developing the DEMO Remote Maintenance Test Facility (RMTF), which is
intended to mitigate remote handling risks in the DEMO tokamak reactor project and to
advance RACE's understanding of handling blanket segments - heavy, flexible payloads
lining the inside of the reactor vessel.
The programme of work for the RMTF will involve the development and subsequent
integration of a number of test rigs delivering a range of DEMO relevant capabilities.
The TR0 Modular Integration Work Cell (the subject of this procurement specification,
henceforth referred to as "TR0") has been commissioned as a first step in understanding
the performance of robotic systems when handling flexible payloads. TR0 will facilitate the
development of control algorithms and will help to inform (and therefore de-risk) the design
of subsequent RMTF test rigs.
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Award information
Awarded date
12 September 2023
Contract start date
19 October 2023
Contract end date
29 March 2024
Total value of contract
£425,780.34
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Jacobs UK Limited
Address
2nd Floor Cottons Centre, Cottons Lane, London, SE1 2QG
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Ben Oborne
Address
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG
Telephone
+44 1235467082
Website
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
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Closing: 16 August 2023, 12pm