Published date: 17 April 2024

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: 17 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial machinery - 42000000

  • Engineering services - 71300000

  • Miscellaneous engineering services - 71330000

    • Mechanical engineering services - 71333000

    • Mechanical and electrical engineering services - 71334000

Location of contract

OX143EB

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

20240417150956-72814

Published date

17 April 2024

Closing date

17 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 June 2024

Contract end date

16 September 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?

No

Description

Project Overview: UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), based at the Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire, hereafter referred to as the Purchaser, carries out research into the use of controlled fusion for the generation of power. The Single Joint Test Rig or SOJ will be used to test systems with a vertical travel component. It should be noted that although it will be necessary to manufacture the components to the exacting standards required for the Purchaser's site, they will not be operating in a radiation environment. The specification details the requirements for the procurement of the SOJ and forms part of the invitation to supply. Due to time pressures involved in the delivery of this project, the Purchaser will attach significant importance to submissions with shorter but realistic and justified, timelines. The Single Joint Test Rig (SOJ) has been designed using structural steel components, fabricated, and machined where appropriate, and assembled including commercial off the shelf equipment and fasteners. They are supported on existing UKAEA components, including the large angle blocks and bed plates as shown. Test operations will be run by SQEP operators, one operating the chain wheel and another operator outside the cell overseeing operations. The SOJ assembly is comprised of the following main components:  Vertical Lifting Frame  Transmission system The facility will be used as a research and development platform. It is based around a carriage supported on a back plate and linear slide rails, actuated by a lead screw driven by an operator through a transmission system. The facility is based in a work hall which is equipped with overhead cranes.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Kallen Johnson

Address

Culham Campus
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Email

kallen.johnson@ukaea.uk

Website

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