Published date: 5 March 2021

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


Closing: 14 August 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£46,266

Procurement reference

tender_243713/931239

Published date

5 March 2021

Closing date

14 August 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

5 October 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The clean-up after a large, uncontrolled release of radioactive caesium (e.g. caesium-137) in an urban environment is an inherently complex process, as was the case with the Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station accidents in 1986 and 2011, respectively. These incidents highlighted the lack of effective methods for performing wide area clean-up of an urban environment. It is expected that similar challenges would also be encountered following a radiological terrorism incident in a major city. In an effort to resolve these uncertainties, this project aims to better understand the pilot scale contamination and decontamination characteristics of caesium-137 on two urban structures, bitmac and concrete. These materials are ubiquitous in the built environment and would likely form a major source of contamination following a radiological terrorism incident. The work proposed in the project will help inform the selection of appropriate decontamination methodologies during incident recovery and will provide a framework for establishing remediation strategies in future policy development.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Pilot Scale Contamination and Decontamination of Urban Structures

  • Opportunity
  • Published 21 July 2020

Attachments

Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2020

Contract start date

5 October 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£46,266

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

Address

Beacon House, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU

Reference

Charity Commission reference: RC000648

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Defra
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Telephone

00

Email

Network.Procurement@defra.gsi.gov.uk