Published date: 6 September 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: 6 October 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Heavy water, other isotopes and their compounds - 24315100

  • Machines and apparatus with individual functions - 31640000

  • Particle accelerators - 31643000

    • Electromagnetic unit - 33158100

    • Engineering studies - 71335000

    • Integrated engineering services - 71340000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20210906123051-72814

Published date

6 September 2021

Closing date

6 October 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

27 October 2021

Contract end date

30 April 2022

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 STEP Programme is interested in an isotope separation technology based on electromagnetic techniques, to provide isotopically tailored materials to reduce radioactive waste for the STEP concept and prototype reactor, with effective benefits relating to cost and scaling.

UKAEA requires a detailed design of a rig, that can form the prototype of an advanced isotopic tailoring technique based on electro-magnetic separation


About the buyer

Contact name

Hugo Silva

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 0123546

Email

hugo.silva@ukaea.uk

Website

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