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Contract award notice

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Published

External Reference: 2024-578432

FTS Reference: 2024-021175

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 Campus
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
UK
Contact person: Maili Nugent
Telephone: +44 1235468141
E-mail: Maili.nugent@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

Waste Characterisation
Reference number:  T/MN012/23
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79723000  -  Waste analysis services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The specification is to cover waste characterisation needs at UKAEA for radiological and non-radiological analytes to support disposal of solid, aqueous and non-aqueous waste streams.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  746675.10  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Waste Characterisation
Lot No:  1
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

09343000  -  Radioactive materials
71621000  -  Technical analysis or consultancy services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKJ14 -  Oxfordshire
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The specification is to cover waste characterisation needs at UKAEA for radiological and non-radiological analytes to support disposal of solid, aqueous and non-aqueous waste streams.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality  /  Weighting:  60%
Price  -  Weighting:  40%
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: 2023/S 000-013668

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Waste Characterisation

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

08/02/2024
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  1
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 (formerly Wood Nuclear Limited)
01120437
Cottons Centre, Cottons Lane, London
London
SE1 2QG
UK
NUTS code:  UKI32 -  Westminster

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:  87345.00  GBP
Total value of the contract/lot:  746675.10  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

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