Published date: 10 January 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 22 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy - 09300000

  • Nuclear fuels - 09340000

  • Research, testing and scientific technical simulator - 38970000

    • Supervision of project and documentation - 71248000

    • Engineering design services - 71320000

    • Engineering-related scientific and technical services - 71350000

    • Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software development services - 72212300

    • Document management services - 72512000

    • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

    • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

    • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

    • Documentation services - 79131000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£1 to £140,000

Procurement reference

20200110093150-72814

Published date

10 January 2020

Closing date

22 November 2019

Contract start date

9 December 2019

Contract end date

20 March 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 modernise and provide innovation for its Engineering Information Management Strategy for the next decade. This work will be used to inform and influence the STEP project. STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) is the UK's study into the feasibility of building a power producing plant using nuclear fusion.

The successful Consultant(s) will be selected by the Client to be members of a consortium that produces technological roadmaps that define key engineering technology areas that should be exploited on a 5-10 year timeframe. It should be noted that the Client is limited to an aggregated contract value of £140,000 and where possible it will be in the interest of the Client to select a balance of representations for the consortium.

Engineering information is loosely defined as:
Information generated post concept design as a result of design progressing and maturing.
This information required is analogous to the information generated using a BIM approach.

Using BIM as a starting point the Client wishes to roadmap to future breakthrough use-age cases for both BIM and digital twinning. This work has a key interface with the Digital Engineering Strategy issued to market previously (T-VT066-19 - STEP WP1 - Production of Roadmap).

As a starting point, the Client has posed the following questions:
What might a breakthrough use case of BIM/IM look like for STEP?
What might a breakthrough use case of digital twinning look for STEP?

The output of this work will be used to inform:
The STEP project and will influence the Digital Engineering Strategy.
The wider engineering endeavours of UKAEA in supporting fusion development.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

6 December 2019

Contract start date

18 December 2019

Contract end date

27 March 2020

Total value of contract

£137,977.17

This contract was awarded to 5 suppliers.

Atkins Limited

Address

Woodcote Grove,
Ashley Road,
Epsom,
Surrey,
KT18 5BW,
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Bristol

Address

Queens Building,
University Walk,
Bristol,
BS8 1TR
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Liverpool

Address

Sci Tech Daresbury,
Hartree Centre,
Warrington
WA4 4AD
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Rolls-Royce plc

Address

Barnwood 4,
Barnett Way,
Barnwood
Gloucester,
GL4 3RT
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Mott MacDonald Limited

Address

10 Temple Back,
Bristol,
BS1 6FL
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Vincent Tsang

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235467414

Email

vincent.tsang@ukaea.uk

Website

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