Published date: 3 November 2023

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: 24 November 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

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Location of contract

OX14 3DB

Value of contract

£20,000 to £40,000

Procurement reference

20231103130800-72814

Published date

3 November 2023

Closing date

24 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 November 2023

Contract end date

26 November 2023

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

Over the next 10 years UKAEA will be running a programme of work to decommission the Joint European Torus(JET) fusion reactor based at Culham. This decommissioning campaign will provide a large-scale demonstration of the deployment of remote decommissioning technologies, systems, and operations expertise to remove a diverse range of activated and tritiated materials from the JET vessel. This campaign is a one-off opportunity to demonstrate safe decommissioning of a fusion power plant using remote operating systems and maximise the scientific benefit of the JET fusion reactor in the last phases of its life. There will be an initial preparation phase that is expected to take ~3 years. During this initial phase the Remote Handling Group would like to take advantage of advances in miniaturised camera technology to conduct surveys of the confined spaces around the JET vessel. The data from which can be used to inform the decommissioning campaign.
The current camera system does not provide the access, image quality or zoom capability required to conduct the required surveys. Consequently, UKAEA would like to procure a robust and reliable COTS camera that can be deployed by the MASCOT remote handling system in order to access these areas. The mount to interface between the camera and MASCOT being designed by UKAEA.

It is envisaged that the COTS camera will be connected to the MASCOT chest connector with video running over coax and control signals over RS232 or RS485 cables. After conversion the signals will pass over a fibre optic network to the control room where video output will be observed and recorded and the camera controlled. Alternatively, the COTS camera can be placed directly into the JET reactor through the flight tube. A minimum of 20m of cable is needed to access all areas of the JET Vessel. If deployed in this manner the camera would need a stand-alone control system with a SDI or a HDMI, that would be converted to SDI, for the video feeds.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Matt Burton

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235467082

Email

matt.burton@ukaea.uk

Website

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