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Contract award notice

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External Reference: 2025-532944

FTS Reference: 2025-045193

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

Fixed Crane Maintenance Service
Reference number:  T/RAF186/24
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

50531400  -  Repair and maintenance services of cranes
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Maintenance Service for Fixed Cranes
II.1.6)

Information about lots

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

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  90795.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

42414100  -  Cranes
42414200  -  Overhead travelling cranes
42416300  -  Hoists
42419100  -  Parts of cranes
45259000  -  Repair and maintenance of plant
50000000  -  Repair and maintenance services
50324200  -  Preventive maintenance services
50530000  -  Repair and maintenance services of machinery
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 a Maintenance Service for its Fixed Cranes across its site at Culham Campus, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
The service is required for a three year period with one years option.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value - Supporting Educational Attainment  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value - Inequality in the Workforce  /  Weighting:  5%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality - made up of 4 questions  /  Weighting:  70%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality - Relevant and Similar Projects  /  Weighting:  25%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality - Suitably Qualified Exerienced Personnel  /  Weighting:  25%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality - Contractor's Methodology  /  Weighting:  25%
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality - Programme  /  Weighting:  25%
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Cost  /  Weighting:  20%
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: yes
Description of options:
The option to extend for a further year.
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 000-005778

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 14686

Title: Fixed Crane Maintenance Service

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

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

14/07/2025
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  6
Number of tenders received from SMEs:  3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States:  0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:  6
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Konecranes Demag UK Limited
Unit 1 Charterpoint Way, Ashby Business Park
Ashby-De-La-Zouche
LE65 1NF
UK
NUTS code:  UKF21 -  Leicester

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

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

Total value of the contract/lot:  90795.00  GBP

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