Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- UK Atomic Energy Authority · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Amentum Clean Energy Ltd
- Value
- £194,602
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Research & development · Experimental development services (CPV 73120000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published16 Dec 2025Published the same day
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
About the supplier
Amentum Clean Energy Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01120437).