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

Contact person: Ben Oborne

E-mail: ben.oborne@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

WP3.5.1 - Development of Datasets for Machine Learning - LongOps

Reference number: T/PJP027/22

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48000000 - Software package and information systems

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4)

Short description

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 255000.00 GBP

II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48150000 - Industrial control software package

48328000 - Image-processing software package

48461000 - Analytical or scientific software package

48518000 - Emulation software package

48627000 - Real-time operating system software package

48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

48931000 - Training software package

48960000 - Drivers and system software package

48983000 - Development software package

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72212000 - Programming services of application software

72212100 - Industry specific software development services

72212150 - Industrial control software development services

72212328 - Image-processing software development services

72212461 - Analytical or scientific software development services

72212510 - Communication software development services

72212517 - IT software development services

72212518 - Emulation software development services

72212670 - Real time operating system software development services

72212700 - Software development services utilities

72212900 - Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems

72227000 - Software integration consultancy services

72230000 - Custom software development services

72260000 - Software-related services

72262000 - Software development services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

As part of the LongOps project, it is required to develop decision support tools capable of helping de-risking operations and supporting training in teleoperated decommissioning tasks involving the detection and pose estimation of objects and debris within nuclear facilities. In recent years the use of Machine Learning (ML) techniques such as object detection, object classification, segmentation, semantic information extraction from images and videos, denoising, etc. has yielded important results in terms of visual and other sensory perception. However, this requires significant volumes of relevant, high-quality annotated data to achieve adequate levels of performance.
UKAEA wishes to procure the collection, evaluation, processing, and annotation of data gathered from nuclear-related sites and/or similar scenarios. Such data consists primarily of 2D images and 3D point clouds, although other types of data such as temperature, radiation, pressure, etc. may also be considered. The annotated data will then be used to, but not limited to, train machine learning models to perform tasks such as, object detection and classification, semantic and instance segmentation, etc. In addition, this data will be used to develop, evaluate, and validate change detection and anomaly estimation algorithms.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 65%

Quality criterion - Name: Social Vlaue / Weighting: 10%

Price - 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 : no

IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2022/S 000-007431

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: WP3.5.1 - Development of Datasets for Machine Learning - LongOps

A contract/lot is awarded: yes

V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

03/08/2022

V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 8

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators : no

V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Jacobs Clean Energy Limited

01120437

Cotton Centre

London

SE1 2QG

NUTS code: UKI - LONDON

The contractor is an SME : no

V.2.4)

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 254958.00 GBP

Total value of the contract/lot: 254958.00 GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Culham Science Centre

Abingdon

OX14 3DB

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

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

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

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