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Contract award notice

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External Reference: 2023-520789

FTS Reference: 2023-016417

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: Phil Perkins
Telephone: +44 1235467147
E-mail: phil.perkins@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

RAICo - Digital Catapult - Data Exploitation
Reference number:  JNCA/PJP106/22
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

98112000  -  Services furnished by professional organisations
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Facilitate the engagement with the niche technology start-ups / SME’s in the area of Data Exploitation focused on a unified data format suitable for nuclear decommissioning and utilising / analysing the data, possibly with AI.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  230000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

98112000  -  Services furnished by professional organisations
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKJ14 -  Oxfordshire
Main site or place of performance:  
Culham
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Facilitate the engagement with the niche technology start-ups / SME’s in the area of Data Exploitation focused on a unified data format suitable for nuclear decommissioning and utilising / analysing the data, possibly with AI.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Price
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

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Find a Tender service in the cases listed below
  • The contract falls outside the scope of application of the regulation
Explanation
The Digital Catapult is the UK's government leading advanced technology innovation centre. It drives the early adoption of digital technologies to make UK businesses more competitive and productive to grow the country's economy. It's aims are not to commercialise product but to remain impartial and to develop the research and development of the supply chain in the field of Data Exploitation. This direct award enables us to engage with Digital Catapult and their extended network, comprising the best in class of the supply chain of digital solutions. This gives RAICo the opportunity to engage with a large number of digital suppliers and effectively underpin the market engagement exercise to identify suitable organisations to whom we can award pre-commercial Procurement contracts .
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

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

Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: RAICo - Digital Catapult - Data Exploitation

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

14/04/2023
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Digital Catapult Services Limited
08564481
Digital Catapult Services Limited Level 9, 101 Euston Road,
London
NW1 2RA
UK
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:  230000.00  GBP
Lowest offer:  230000.00  GBP / Highest offer:  230000.00  GBP   taken into consideration

Section VI: Complementary information

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