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
For the replacement equipment to be compatible with the current software developed by the UKAEA for its MAST-U operations, the long and specific list of requirements need to be fulfilled and be as close to the camera it replaces as possible. Estimated cost for developing a new software is commercially prohibitive not to mention the time it would take to develop this software, estimated to take between one and two years of work. In addition, the camera is connected to a spectrometer that was manufactured by the same supplier, and choosing the same manufacturer now therefore minimizes the risk of acquiring a non-compatible camera with the existing setup.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement
: yes