Published date: 23 August 2019

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: 20 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Mining, basic metals and related products - 14000000

  • Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 31000000

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

    • Industrial machinery - 42000000

    • Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment - 43000000

    • Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) - 44000000

    • Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services - 55000000

    • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

    • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0 to £30,000

Procurement reference

20190823120217-72814

Published date

23 August 2019

Closing date

20 September 2019

Contract start date

1 October 2019

Contract end date

25 February 2020

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 Client (UKAEA) seeks to create a better understanding of the high tensile deformation behaviour of Eurofer97 steel under a 0.5T permanent magnetic field at elevated temperatures (550 °C).

UKAEA wishes to appoint a Consultant to provide tensile testing of Eurofer97 both with and without the application of a 0.5T magnetic field at 550 °C. The EU DEMO and possibly STEP reactors will impose a high magnetic field on the blanket structural materials, of which Eurofer97 is a potential candidate. Any degradation to the engineering properties under a magnetic field will affect the engineering design allowable used for Eurofer97 in future fusion reactors design. Hence, it is important to understand the effect of applied magnetic fields on high temperature tensile properties for Eurofer97 steel during the conceptual design phase, so any effects can be considered during down selection of component designs.

UKAEA wishes to appoint a Consultant that can fulfil three essential criteria including:
Experience of performing experiments under a magnetic field

Excellent research track records on the understanding of the deformation mechanisms of alloys;

Has equipment that can meet our specifications and only requiring a small amount of equipment development;

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About the buyer

Contact name

Vincent Tsang

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235466444

Email

vincent.tsang@ukaea.uk

Website

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