Published date: 17 June 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 22 July 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Plutonium - 09342000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

CA24 3HU

Procurement reference

CF-0151400D4L000000iAvzUAE

Published date

17 June 2024

Closing date

22 July 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The NDA will fund a Research Hub,
which will be either a single university or
small consortium of universities, to
undertake ~4 new PhD projects each
year for 5 years, with continuous support
from ~2 full time Postdoctoral
researchers and 0.5FTE of an academic
post. Support will be provided until the
completion of all PhD projects. The
research scopes will be defined with the
help of subject matter experts from the
NDA Group and these same Subject
matter Experts will provide in-kind
support throughout with a view to
utilising the output of the Research Hub
in NDA Group programmes.

The contract will be based on NDA's
anticipated funding of circa £1M per
annum (To be confirmed: £5-6M in total)

The NDA shall host an engagement
event on 24th July 2024 10am -
12:00pm.

To register your attendance
please email: ambar.saeed@nda.gov.uk
for this requirement. Please type in the
header "C19784 Research Hub". This
supplier event will be carried out via a
Microsoft teams conference, and a link
will be shared prior to the proposed
date. The NDA would like a maximum of
2 members of staff per supplier.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ambar Saeed

Address

Herdus House, Ingwell Drive, Moor Row
Cumbria
CA24 3HU
GB

Telephone

+44 1925802875

Email

ambar.saeed@nda.gov.uk