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Contract award notice

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Published

External Reference: 2025-577563

FTS Reference: 2025-028444

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: Calum Stead
Telephone: +44 1235466971
E-mail: Calum.stead@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

Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (EERF)
Reference number:  T/CS054/24
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

71320000  -  Engineering design services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

This ITT covers The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (“the Client's”) requirement for the Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (EERF) which will support UKAEA deliver improved value for money for taxpayers, access to a broad range of engineering and technical skills in multiple technology and study fields. The EERF seeks to support the creation of a culture that is more open to innovation by helping to identify the barriers to creative thinking.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  9900000.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (EERF)
Lot No:  1
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

31682210  -  Instrumentation and control equipment
71000000  -  Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
71312000  -  Structural engineering consultancy services
71314100  -  Electrical services
71321000  -  Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings
71323100  -  Electrical power systems design services
71334000  -  Mechanical and electrical engineering services
71631400  -  Technical inspection services of engineering structures
72242000  -  Design-modelling services
72253200  -  Systems support services
73100000  -  Research and experimental development services
73200000  -  Research and development consultancy services
73300000  -  Design and execution of research and development
98391000  -  Decommissioning services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:  
Culham Campus
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

This ITT covers The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (“the Client's”) requirement for the Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (EERF) which will support UKAEA deliver improved value for money for taxpayers, access to a broad range of engineering and technical skills in multiple technology and study fields. The EERF seeks to support the creation of a culture that is more open to innovation by helping to identify the barriers to creative thinking.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Capability & Capacity  /  Weighting:  19.5
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Collaboration  /  Weighting:  19.5
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Framework management  /  Weighting:  13
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value: Equal Opportunity - Tackle Workforce Inequality (MAC 3.1)  /  Weighting:  6.5
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value: Equal Opportunity - Tackle Workforce Inequality (MAC 3.4)  /  Weighting:  6.5
Price  -  Weighting:  35
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

Restricted procedure
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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: 2024/S 000-031449

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Embedded Engineering Resource Framework (EERF)

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

09/05/2025
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States:  1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  yes
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Amentum Clean Energy Limited
305 Bridgewater Place
Warrington
WA3 6XF
UK
NUTS code:  UKD61 -  Warrington

The contractor is an SME : no
AtkinsRéalis UK Ltd
Woodcote Grove
Epsom
UK
NUTS code:  UKI63 -  Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  9900000.00  GBP
V.2.5)

Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:  
Consultants under the framework have freedom to sub-contract.

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