Published date: 28 May 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: 25 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Training simulators - 34152000

  • Training software development services - 72212931

  • Training services - 80500000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

Location of contract

OX14 3DB

Value of contract

£100,000 to £125,000

Procurement reference

20210528190044-72814

Published date

28 May 2021

Closing date

25 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

26 July 2021

Contract end date

2 September 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

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is managing a programme of collaborative research and development in decommissioning robotics. This programme is known as LongOps which stands for LONG Term OPerationS using LONG Reach Manipulators. It is addressing three international nuclear operations use cases:
• decommissioning in the UK;
• decommissioning of the Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors in Japan; and
• fusion remote operations.
Each of these nuclear end users has a need to develop solutions to conduct work over many decades inside large, shielded spaces which contain hazardous material using remotely controlled 'long reach' slender robotics.

This requirement is to analyse training needs and develop a training programme based on the experience of remote handling operations in the UK, which will be delivered to robotics operators of the primary stakeholder of the LongOps programme.

However please note the scope of this contract does not include the implementation of training to trainees.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Phil Perkins

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235467147

Email

phil.perkins@ukaea.uk

Website

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