Published date: 14 October 2022

Last edited date: 17 October 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 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

KW14 7TZ

Value of contract

£300,000

Procurement reference

CF-0012900D4L000000iAvzUAE2

Published date

14 October 2022

Closing date

18 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 December 2022

Contract end date

14 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL)) is seeking to establish a Contract from interested Parties with experience in Artificial intelligence (Ai) for Single Autonomous Robotic Case Studies for the Dounreay Site. It is proposed that one Consultant shall be awarded a Contract with a duration 12 Months commencing in the last quarter of 2022. The value of the contract is estimated to be £300K.The £300K will be split 50 / 50 over this FY22/23 and next FY23/24.

For the service being procured, the National Executive Committee, NEC3 Professional Services Contract (PSC) will apply with Main Option E being the selected pricing mechanism covering all the activities within the scope of the Service.
The objective of the Single Autonomous Robotic Case Studies is to enhance the capability and readiness of the Dounreay site and staff for business-as-usual, collaborative human robot deployments and develop the skills capacity of the Dounreay workforce to realise the benefits of applying robotic augmentation and assistance on nuclear decommissioning tasks in hazardous environments.
Seven trial projects case studies will be undertaken within the 12-month period to gather learning on the effectiveness of deployment. Each of these trial projects will generate learning to support the DSRL digital delivery strategy. This technical work task will be supported by the DSRL digital delivery representative.

1. Project A: Data collection and application of machine vision
2. Project B: 3D modelling
3. Project C: Dounreay "Street View" site map
4. Project D: Measuring carbon emissions on site
5. Project E: Security and Resilience - Personnel monitoring
6. Project F: Security and Resilience - Suspicious object inspection
7. Project G: Beach surveys for fragments of irradiated nuclear fuel

The learning from each of the projects will be disseminated through existing forms of communication across the Operational Company's with the opportunities for direct involvement during the trials at the Dounreay site.
Delivery of project including case studies, opportunistic deployment and training shall be implemented via an on-site presence and shall be fully project managed by the Consultant using SQEP personnel.
DSRL will be adopting a 2-stage evaluation process via eSourcing utilising Atamis System:
• Stage 1 - Demonstration of meeting several Minimum Selection Criteria
• Stage 2 - Full evaluation of Tender Submission.

The Registration and Tender Response window opens at noon on 18 October 2022 and will close at noon on 22 November 2022.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Single Autonomous Robotic Case Studies

  • Opportunity
  • Published 14 October 2022

About the buyer

Contact name

Stephen Plummer

Address

D2003, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness
Thurso
KW14 7TZ
GB

Email

stephen.plummer@dounreay.com