Published date: 19 March 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: 9 April 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Scanner software package - 48318000

  • Drawing and imaging software package - 48320000

  • Computer-aided design (CAD) software package - 48321000

    • Graphics software package - 48322000

    • Form-making software package - 48325000

    • Image-processing software package - 48328000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£35,000 to £55,000

Procurement reference

20210319163051-72814

Published date

19 March 2021

Closing date

9 April 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 April 2021

Contract end date

11 April 2021

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

UKAEA owns, builds and operates several fusion test devices. These are often highly complex machines which rely on lots of supporting plant systems. Even though we maintain an extensive library of 3D design models, these can often not be relied upon when planning engineering modifications or new installations. This is primarily because not all plant is modelled in 3D. Even the models that do exist cannot always be relied upon to be completely accurate.

We currently rely on site surveys with cameras and manual methods such as tape measures when planning modifications. UKAEA is looking to improve on this cumbersome and error-prone methodology by exploiting 3D laser scanners, which we already own. The scanners themselves output point clouds which do not allow for easy integration with our CAD software. It is in the integration that we are looking to extend our capability.
Requirements

We're looking to obtain the capability to extract 'As-Built' geometry features from 3D point cloud scans for the purpose of 'context capture' and 'reverse engineering' within a set context.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Guy Wells

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 0123546

Email

guy.wells@ukaea.uk

Website

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