Published date: 19 November 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 3 December 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electronic, electromechanical and electrotechnical supplies - 31700000

  • Industrial robots - 42997300

  • Engineering design services - 71320000

    • Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000

    • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

    • Experimental development services - 73120000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £200,000

Procurement reference

20251119150032-72814

Published date

19 November 2025

Closing date

3 December 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

18 December 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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?

Yes

Description

The RAICo programme are investigating the potential of using a quadruped robot (Spot) as a robotic platform for remote health physics sample collection through swabbing, thus reducing health physics technicians' exposure to hazardous environments. To achieve this, RAICo have manufactured specialist sample collection tools designed to interface with Spot's robotic arm and mounting rails. The Contractor's scope shall include the requirements capture, design, manufacture, delivery, and functional demonstration (including all required testing, verification, and documentation) for the evaluation of Spot's autonomous navigation and automatic robotic arm motion performance. The focus will be on software development and the hardware used for evaluating the arm's overall performance but any supplementary hardware will be considered if it provides value to the final solution

More information

Links

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Colette Broadwith

Address

Culham Science Centre
Oxfordshire
OX14 3DB
ENG

Email

colette.broadwith@ukaea.uk

Website

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