Published date: 16 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: 13 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Nuclear reactors - 42151000

  • Modular and portable buildings - 44211100

  • Construction works for power plants and heating plants - 45251000

    • Construction work for nuclear reactors - 45251111

    • Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71000000

    • Engineering services - 71300000

    • Consultative engineering and construction services - 71310000

    • Civil engineering consultancy services - 71311000

    • Civil engineering support services - 71311100

    • Engineering design services - 71320000

    • Engineering-design services for industrial process and production - 71323000

    • Electrical power systems design services - 71323100

    • Construction-related services - 71500000

    • Construction consultancy services - 71530000

    • Design-modelling services - 72242000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £140,000

Procurement reference

20190816120119-72814

Published date

16 August 2019

Closing date

13 September 2019

Contract start date

30 September 2019

Contract end date

28 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

This procurement is to gain knowledge on modular construction and Small Modular Reactor's and apply the learnings to the future STEP programme.  

To realise the STEP ambition, UKAEA wishes to appoint a Consultant(s) to deliver a study on the modular construction. Modular construction with manufactured components is being increasingly used in residential builds to help bring down costs (~30%) and speed up construction times. This "design for manufacture & assembly" construction approach needs to be considered from the design stage in order to fully benefit from this process. Small Modular Reactor (SMR) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMR) designers are using a modular approach for nuclear reactors. This work will conduct a feasibility study to enable UKAEA to work with industry to gain knowledge and experience on how modular construction and Advanced Nuclear Technologies (SMRs or AMRs) design experience can be applied to STEP. Additionally, we wish the supplier to conduct a study on how Advanced Nuclear Technologies balance of plant design can be applied to STEP.

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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