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Contract award notice

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External Reference: 2022-543975

FTS Reference: 2022-008293

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
N/A
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
UK
Contact person: Robert Franklin
E-mail: robert.franklin@ukaea.uk
NUTS code:  UKJ14 -  Oxfordshire
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/72814

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Fusion Research

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Tower System
Reference number:  T/RAF045/21
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

42000000  -  Industrial machinery
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Manufacture, Factory and Site Acceptance Testing of a Tower System.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  1.00  EUR
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

42410000  -  Lifting and handling equipment
42900000  -  Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
42419000  -  Parts of lifting and handling equipment
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKJ14 -  Oxfordshire
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Manufacture, Factory and Site Acceptance Testing of a Tower System.
Contract dates are estimates only.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Supplier’s Technical Information  /  Weighting:  35%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Programme and Delivery  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Suppliers Subcontracting Arrangements  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality Assurance  /  Weighting:  15%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Financial Status, Insurance, Terms and Guarantee  /  Weighting:  5%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Total of the Prices  /  Weighting:  25%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2021/S 000-017612

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 13029

Title: Manufacture, Assembly, Testing and Supply of ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

22/03/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  4
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  3
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Asturfeito SA
Calle Metalurgicos 14B
Aviles
33417
ES
NUTS code:  ES120 -  Asturias

The contractor is an SME : yes
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot:  1.00  EUR

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The contract value has not been disclosed so as not to prejudice thee commercial interest of the successful tenderer.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
UK
Internet address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
UK
Internet address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the authority before a contract is entered into applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request. Additional debriefing and that information have to be provided within a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be sought from the contact named in this notice.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

UK Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
UK
Internet address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority