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Contract award notice

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External Reference: 2025-534503

FTS Reference: 2025-036939

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: Robert Franklin
Telephone: +44 1235466915
E-mail: robert.franklin@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

Pressure Assembly Fabricated from Stainless Steel Tubing for a Cryogenic Application in Vacuum for MAST-U
Reference number:  T/RAF188/24
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

44615100  -  Steel pressure vessels
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

A Pressure Assembly Fabricated from Stainless Steel Tubing for a Cryogenic Application in Vacuum.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  435624.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

24111300  -  Helium
24111800  -  Liquid nitrogen
42122450  -  Vacuum pumps
44164200  -  Tubing
44615100  -  Steel pressure vessels
45255400  -  Fabrication work
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKJ14 -  Oxfordshire
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Manufacture and Supply of a Pressure Assembly Fabricated from Stainless Steel Tubing for a Cryogenic Application in Vacuum for MAST-U.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality - Overall Score (made up of 7 areas detailed)  /  Weighting:  70%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  1. Quality Assurance  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  2. Technical Hurdle  /  Weighting:  Pass/Fail
Quality criterion  -  Name:  3. Manufacturing and Testing Capability  /  Weighting:  45%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  4. Welding Documentation  /  Weighting:  10%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  5. Programme and Contract Management  /  Weighting:  25%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  6. Social Value - Increase Supply Chain Resilience and Cap[acity  /  Weighting:  7.5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  7. Social Value - Equal Opportinity  /  Weighting:  7.5%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Total of the Prices  /  Weighting:  30%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
An optional price for the acceleration of the programme.
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: 2025/S 000-003644

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 14688

Title: Pressure Assembly Fabricated from Stainless Steel Tubing for a Cryogenic Application in Vacuum for MAST-U

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

30/06/2025
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  5
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States:  1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  4
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

INOX India Limited
9th Floor, K P Platina, Race Course
Vadodara
390007
IN
NUTS code:  IN -  India

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  435624.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The contract value includes exercise of the option.
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