Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Duality Quantum Photonics SME, Twi Limited, Alloyed Limited, Cal Gavin Limited, Full Matrix Ltd SME, Jacobs, Oxford Sigma SME, University of Birmingham, 3-Sci SME
- Value
- £11,662,910.03 across 10 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 027558-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Aug 2023
- Published19 Sep 2023Published 32 days after the contract date
Description
A Phase 2 Pre-Commercial Procurement under SBRI. . Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture Projects can focus on one or more of the following under this theme: fusion grade steels, for example, reduced activation Ferritic or Martensitic (RAFM) development, including, Castable Nanostructured Alloys (CNAs), and Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) steels liquid Metal testing, for example Li, PbLi and Pb scalable or large volume manufacture of tritium breeder materials irradiation resilient joining materials and processes, for example, Tungsten based armour materials, CuCrZr or vacuum vessel ports including fused silica, Mo, MgAl2O4, ZnS, ZnSe novel manufacture of multi-metre complex structures and components for fusion environments testing and evaluation scalable or large volume manufacture of neutron shielding materials manufacture of complex geometry components in refractory metals additive manufacture for non-water coolant com…
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | Duality Quantum Photonics SME | £1.43m |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems | Twi Limited | £999k |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | Alloyed Limited | £1.5m |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Driving up fusion power plant performance with innovative heating and cooling systems | Cal Gavin Limited | £1.04m |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | Full Matrix Ltd SME | £535k |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | Jacobs | £1.46m |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | Oxford Sigma SME | £1.5m |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | Twi Limited | £809k |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | University of Birmingham | £1.5m |
| SBRI Cycle 2 Phase 2 Further Competition: Improving fusion power plant availability with novel fusion materials, technology, and manufacture | 3-Sci SME | £896k |
About the suppliers
Twi Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03859442).
Cal Gavin Limited: every public contract they have won.
Duality Quantum Photonics: every public contract they have won.
Alloyed Limited: every public contract they have won.
Full Matrix Ltd: every public contract they have won.
Jacobs: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02594504).
Oxford Sigma: every public contract they have won.
University of Birmingham: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000645).
3-Sci: every public contract they have won.