Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SHINE Technologies, LLC SME
- Value
- £34,700,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Laboratory & precision equipment · Nuclear evaluation instruments (CPV 38940000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 016533-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Mar 2025
- Published23 Apr 2025Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
The manufacture, supply, and commissioning of a neutron source and supply of ancillary systems including, but not limited to cooling systems, power supplies, tritium handling (if required) and other control systems with the best available output (source strength and operational availability) that is capable of allowing tritium breeding mock-ups to be exposed to 14.1 MeV neutrons. The Neutron Source shall have proven operational availability (creating 14MeV neutrons) of at least 500 hours per annum to facilitate the LIBRTI experimental programme. The Equipment supplied to the Client shall be based upon existing products capable of being delivered within 24 months from point of contract award. In parallel with the development of a baseline system stated above the Contractor shall commit to support the Client in a collaborative endeavour to develop an upgrade solution of the baseline system to increase its output and thereby target exposure fluxes of 1013 n/cm2/s. The contractor may wish…
About the supplier
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