Published date: 24 June 2022

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: 18 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment - 38800000

  • Industrial process control equipment - 38810000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1 to £135,000

Procurement reference

20220624170123-72814

Published date

24 June 2022

Closing date

18 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 August 2022

Contract end date

31 March 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

The Mega-Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) machine at the CCFE site is undergoing enhancements and upgrades (MAST-U), which will position it at the forefront of fusion research well into the next decade. The Purchaser will augment MAST-U with the addition of a microwave heating and current drive system, in the form of ~2MW of Electron Bernstein Wave (EBW) power for up to 5s. This system will enable the scientific investigation of the use of microwaves for the purposes of driving current on spherical tokamaks as well as for solenoid free plasma start-up. The system will consist of two microwave sources (gyrotrons), their high-voltage power supplies, control systems, ancillary services, transmission lines and steerable in-vacuum quasi-optical launching systems.
The EBW Control System is crucial for the remote operation of the entire system, featuring all aspects of control, data acquisition, data management, machine protection and personnel protection. Its design adopts a distributed architecture that consists of 5 sub-systems:
1. Personnel Access Safety Sub-system - providing personnel protection;
2. Launch Control Sub-system - controlling set up of transmission line and launch parameters;
3. Power Control Sub-system - controlling power supplies and gyrotron to achieve desired power output;
4. Operation Management Sub-system - providing slower timescale plant control and monitoring e.g. cooling water plant; and
5. Asset Protection Sub-system - providing primarily fast protection for the gyrotrons

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About the buyer

Contact name

Carl Evans

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235467082

Email

carl.evans@ukaea.uk

Website

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