Tender

Advanced Modular Reactors (AMR), Research, Development and Demonstration Programme - Phase A Competition

BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

TenderAmendment

13 May 2022 at 15:21

Tender Notice
TenderAmendment

08 Apr 2022 at 15:38

Tender Notice
Tender

08 Apr 2022 at 13:20

Tender Notice
Planning

16 Feb 2022 at 10:08

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is conducting a tender for the "Advanced Modular Reactors (AMR), Research, Development and Demonstration Programme - Phase A Competition". This initiative, supported by a £385 million fund, aims to showcase High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) technology by the early 2030s, aligning with the UK’s Net Zero goals for 2050. The tender, classified under the services procurement category, is currently at the tender stage, with submissions due by 2pm on 1 June 2022. Contracts are expected to commence in the week beginning 11 July 2022, and the completion date for Phase A is set for 13 January 2023.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in advanced nuclear technology, clean energy innovation, and research and development services. Companies that focus on High Temperature Gas Reactor technologies or those with expertise in Coated Particle Fuel development would be ideally suited to compete for funding. The programme encourages participation from small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector organisations, making it an inclusive opportunity for innovators in the clean energy sector.

Find more tenders on our Open Data Platform.
How relevant is this notice?

D3 Tenders Premium

Win More Public Sector Contracts

AI-powered tender discovery, pipeline management, and market intelligence — everything you need to grow your public sector business.

Start Free Trial Book a Demo
All Features Pricing

Notice Information

Notice Title

Advanced Modular Reactors (AMR), Research, Development and Demonstration Programme - Phase A Competition

Notice Description

As part of the PS385m Advanced Nuclear Fund, the AMR RD&D programme aims to demonstrate High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) technology by the early 2030s, in time for any potential commercial AMRs to support Net Zero by 2050. This fund is aligned with the Department's PS1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes through the 2020s and 2030s. This HTGR demonstration, which will be sited in the UK, should be shaped by end-user requirements, and should incentivise private investment in HTGRs by removing technical risk. It should have innovation at the centre of its design, build, and application. Through a pre-commercial, fully funded procurement Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), this Phase A competition aims to fund up to 6 Pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) studies across two key technology lots. These are: Lot 1: Reactor Demonstration (up to 4 Pre-FEED studies will be awarded) for projects developing Advanced Modular HTGR technologies, with up to PS500k available for each project. Lot 2: Fuel Demonstration (up to 2 Pre-FEED studies will be awarded) for projects developing Coated Particle Fuel (CPF) for HTGR technologies, with up to PS250k available for each project. Please visit the main AMR RD&D Phase A webpage for further information on the programme: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactor-amr-research-development-and-demonstration-programme For more information on the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio please visit this website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-zero-innovation-portfolio Update: Please note that the supplier Q&A document was added to this notice on 13/05/2022. Please refer to this and the other bidding documents when drafting your submission. Additional information: Update: Please note that the supplier Q&A document was added to this notice on 13/05/2022 How to Apply If you wish to take part in this procurement, please see the Phase A Competition Guidance Notes attached to this Notice for further details. Application must be made via the online application form. The link to this form is included within the notice. Please see the relevant link above. Prospective applicants must submit a complete submission via the online form by 2pm, 1 June 2022. Any late submissions will not be considered. BEIS will not be held liable for recovery of costs from unsuccessful bids if a contract is not awarded. All costs will be borne by the bidding organisations. If a contract is created it will be upon BEIS Terms and Conditions, which are available on Contracts Finder with this Notice. If successful and upon contract signature, the contract will commence week commencing 11 July 2022. Project completion for Phase A is by 13 January 2023. A briefing event is due to take place week commencing 25 April 2022, to register your interest in this event, please complete the Briefing Event Registration Form to register your interest. The link to this form is included as part of this notice. The deadline for registration to enter the Phase A SBRI competition is 2pm, 16 May 2022. However, please register as soon as possible to receive relevant competition updates. This form is used to gauge interest in the competition. Please note that it is not compulsory to register via this form in order to submit an application to this competition, but we would encourage applicants to do so. Questions on the competition can be submitted using the Q&A Form. Please submit any questions by 2pm, 2 May 2022. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered. BEIS will respond to any queries which, in our judgement, are of material significance through an anonymised Q&A sheet published on the AMR RD&D Webpage week commencing 9 May 2022, to ensure there is sufficient time to include the responses in the applications. Please note: A new version of the competition guidance was uploaded at 4:30pm on the 8th of April. This version replaces the previous version attached to this notice. No text content has changed. The previous version contained broken links - these links have been fixed in the new version. Please refer to this document for guidance on the competition.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-0e41d65a-bb76-4954-bdad-b6737704ed8b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1fd9b2f9-3236-45eb-804e-b1c221576d8e
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - SBRI
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

09341000 - Uranium

09343000 - Radioactive materials

73100000 - Research and experimental development services

73300000 - Design and execution of research and development

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 May 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Jun 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
16 May 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
10 Jul 2022 - 13 Jan 2023 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
nuclearinnovation@beis.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 0ET
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

Download

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts. 

{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-b5fd17-0e41d65a-bb76-4954-bdad-b6737704ed8b-2022-05-13T16:21:43+01:00",
    "date": "2022-05-13T16:21:43+01:00",
    "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-0e41d65a-bb76-4954-bdad-b6737704ed8b",
    "language": "en",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "title": "AMR Research, Development & Demonstration Programme: Market Engagement",
    "planning": {
        "milestones": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "title": "Engagement end date",
                "type": "engagement",
                "dueDate": "2022-05-16T23:59:59+01:00"
            }
        ],
        "documents": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
                "description": "Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder",
                "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8cd37a62-1ddf-4a16-83c4-0e0b2e8c6594",
                "datePublished": "2022-02-16T10:08:33Z",
                "format": "text/html",
                "language": "en"
            }
        ]
    },
    "tender": {
        "id": "5690/02/2022",
        "title": "Advanced Modular Reactors (AMR), Research, Development and Demonstration Programme - Phase A Competition",
        "description": "As part of the PS385m Advanced Nuclear Fund, the AMR RD&D programme aims to demonstrate High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) technology by the early 2030s, in time for any potential commercial AMRs to support Net Zero by 2050. This fund is aligned with the Department's PS1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes through the 2020s and 2030s. This HTGR demonstration, which will be sited in the UK, should be shaped by end-user requirements, and should incentivise private investment in HTGRs by removing technical risk. It should have innovation at the centre of its design, build, and application. Through a pre-commercial, fully funded procurement Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), this Phase A competition aims to fund up to 6 Pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) studies across two key technology lots. These are: Lot 1: Reactor Demonstration (up to 4 Pre-FEED studies will be awarded) for projects developing Advanced Modular HTGR technologies, with up to PS500k available for each project. Lot 2: Fuel Demonstration (up to 2 Pre-FEED studies will be awarded) for projects developing Coated Particle Fuel (CPF) for HTGR technologies, with up to PS250k available for each project. Please visit the main AMR RD&D Phase A webpage for further information on the programme: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactor-amr-research-development-and-demonstration-programme For more information on the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio please visit this website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-zero-innovation-portfolio Update: Please note that the supplier Q&A document was added to this notice on 13/05/2022. Please refer to this and the other bidding documents when drafting your submission. Additional information: Update: Please note that the supplier Q&A document was added to this notice on 13/05/2022 How to Apply If you wish to take part in this procurement, please see the Phase A Competition Guidance Notes attached to this Notice for further details. Application must be made via the online application form. The link to this form is included within the notice. Please see the relevant link above. Prospective applicants must submit a complete submission via the online form by 2pm, 1 June 2022. Any late submissions will not be considered. BEIS will not be held liable for recovery of costs from unsuccessful bids if a contract is not awarded. All costs will be borne by the bidding organisations. If a contract is created it will be upon BEIS Terms and Conditions, which are available on Contracts Finder with this Notice. If successful and upon contract signature, the contract will commence week commencing 11 July 2022. Project completion for Phase A is by 13 January 2023. A briefing event is due to take place week commencing 25 April 2022, to register your interest in this event, please complete the Briefing Event Registration Form to register your interest. The link to this form is included as part of this notice. The deadline for registration to enter the Phase A SBRI competition is 2pm, 16 May 2022. However, please register as soon as possible to receive relevant competition updates. This form is used to gauge interest in the competition. Please note that it is not compulsory to register via this form in order to submit an application to this competition, but we would encourage applicants to do so. Questions on the competition can be submitted using the Q&A Form. Please submit any questions by 2pm, 2 May 2022. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered. BEIS will respond to any queries which, in our judgement, are of material significance through an anonymised Q&A sheet published on the AMR RD&D Webpage week commencing 9 May 2022, to ensure there is sufficient time to include the responses in the applications. Please note: A new version of the competition guidance was uploaded at 4:30pm on the 8th of April. This version replaces the previous version attached to this notice. No text content has changed. The previous version contained broken links - these links have been fixed in the new version. Please refer to this document for guidance on the competition.",
        "status": "active",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "09341000",
            "description": "Uranium"
        },
        "additionalClassifications": [
            {
                "scheme": "CPV",
                "id": "09343000",
                "description": "Radioactive materials"
            },
            {
                "scheme": "CPV",
                "id": "73100000",
                "description": "Research and experimental development services"
            },
            {
                "scheme": "CPV",
                "id": "73300000",
                "description": "Design and execution of research and development"
            }
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                    },
                    {
                        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                    },
                    {
                        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                    },
                    {
                        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "suitability": {
            "sme": true,
            "vcse": true
        },
        "datePublished": "2022-04-08T14:20:31+01:00",
        "minValue": {
            "amount": 1,
            "currency": "GBP"
        },
        "value": {
            "amount": 500000,
            "currency": "GBP"
        },
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Other - SBRI",
        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2022-06-01T14:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "contractPeriod": {
            "startDate": "2022-07-11T00:00:00+01:00",
            "endDate": "2023-01-13T23:59:59Z"
        },
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "documents": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "documentType": "tenderNotice",
                "description": "Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder",
                "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1fd9b2f9-3236-45eb-804e-b1c221576d8e",
                "datePublished": "2022-04-08T14:20:31+01:00",
                "format": "text/html",
                "language": "en",
                "dateModified": "2022-05-13T16:21:43+01:00"
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "documentType": "biddingDocuments",
                "description": "SBRI Phase A Competition Guidance document. Please refer to this document for details on the competition and Terms and Conditions.",
                "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/140f1ce3-4cf5-4892-9655-425f00093a49",
                "format": "application/pdf"
            },
            {
                "id": "3",
                "documentType": "technicalSpecifications",
                "description": "AMR RD&D Phase A Webpage",
                "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactor-amr-research-development-and-demonstration-programme"
            },
            {
                "id": "4",
                "documentType": "submissionDocuments",
                "description": "Phase A online application form. Please use this link to apply to the competition. Prospective applicants must submit a complete submission via the online form by 2pm, 1 June 2022. Any late submissions will not be considered.",
                "url": "https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/AMR-RDandD-PhaseA-Application-Form/"
            },
            {
                "id": "5",
                "documentType": "biddingDocuments",
                "description": "Link to the Registration Form. This form is used to gauge interest in the competition. Please note that it is not compulsory to register via this form in order to submit an application to this competition. We encourage applicants to register via this form in order to receive competition updates. If you would like to register to show your interest in the competition please register by 2pm on the 16th of May 2022.",
                "url": "https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=BXCsy8EC60O0l-ZJLRst2Akt_NW4It5AnR7tnWbN8UhUMEZJQUNJNUJOUjAxWUlYQVRGTEQ4WU9XNC4u"
            },
            {
                "id": "6",
                "documentType": "clarifications",
                "description": "Q&A Form. Supplier questions on the competition can be submitted via the following link to the Applicant Question form. Please submit questions by 2pm on the 2nd of May 2022. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered. BEIS will respond to any queries which, in our judgement, are of material significance through an anonymised Q&A sheet published on the AMR RD&D Webpage week commencing 9 May 2022, to ensure there is sufficient time to include the responses in the applications.",
                "url": "https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=BXCsy8EC60O0l-ZJLRst2Akt_NW4It5AnR7tnWbN8UhUMUw2U040NUwyVU04N1NTS1hLVjNIRjBQVy4u"
            },
            {
                "id": "7",
                "documentType": "marketStudies",
                "description": "Briefing Event Registration Form. Please use this form to register your interest to attend the briefing event for the programme which will take place during the week commencing 25th April 2022. This may be an online or in-person event subject to final decision making. Further details will follow. It is not compulsory to attend this event.",
                "url": "https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=BXCsy8EC60O0l-ZJLRst2Akt_NW4It5AnR7tnWbN8UhUQlBBRklIQjU4WlRYNk9FSFFCMkpMRTRMQy4u"
            },
            {
                "id": "8",
                "documentType": "biddingDocuments",
                "description": "SBRI Phase A Competition Guidance document. Please refer to this document for details on the competition and Terms and Conditions. Please note: This version of the guidance was added at 4:30 on the 8th of April and replaces the previous document attached to this notice. No text content has changed. The previous version contained broken links, which have been fixed in this version.",
                "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/50678b5b-5670-46a7-85f6-52b877832dee",
                "format": "application/pdf"
            },
            {
                "id": "16",
                "documentType": "technicalSpecifications",
                "description": "AMR RD&D Phase A Webpage",
                "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactor-amr-research-development-and-demonstration-programme"
            },
            {
                "id": "17",
                "documentType": "clarifications",
                "description": "Q&A Form. Supplier questions on the competition can be submitted via the following link to the Applicant Question form. Please submit questions by 2pm on the 2nd of May 2022. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered. BEIS will respond to any queries which, in our judgement, are of material significance through an anonymised Q&A sheet published on the AMR RD&D Webpage week commencing 9 May 2022, to ensure there is sufficient time to include the responses in the applications.",
                "url": "https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=BXCsy8EC60O0l-ZJLRst2Akt_NW4It5AnR7tnWbN8UhUMUw2U040NUwyVU04N1NTS1hLVjNIRjBQVy4u"
            },
            {
                "id": "11",
                "documentType": "clarifications",
                "description": "Q&A Document in response to submitted supplier questions Document added 13/05/22",
                "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0d1b2c50-ee40-4b9a-8b79-c9cc7066c2eb",
                "format": "application/pdf"
            },
            {
                "id": "14",
                "documentType": "technicalSpecifications",
                "description": "AMR RD&D Phase A Webpage",
                "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactor-amr-research-development-and-demonstration-programme"
            },
            {
                "id": "15",
                "documentType": "clarifications",
                "description": "Q&A Form. Supplier questions on the competition can be submitted via the following link to the Applicant Question form. Please submit questions by 2pm on the 2nd of May 2022. Questions submitted after this date may not be answered. BEIS will respond to any queries which, in our judgement, are of material significance through an anonymised Q&A sheet published on the AMR RD&D Webpage week commencing 9 May 2022, to ensure there is sufficient time to include the responses in the applications.",
                "url": "https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=BXCsy8EC60O0l-ZJLRst2Akt_NW4It5AnR7tnWbN8UhUMUw2U040NUwyVU04N1NTS1hLVjNIRjBQVy4u"
            }
        ]
    },
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/57hG7nME",
            "name": "Business Energy and Industrial Strategy",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Business Energy and Industrial Strategy",
                "scheme": "GB-SRS",
                "id": "sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/57hG7nME"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "1 Victoria Street",
                "locality": "London",
                "postalCode": "SW1H0ET",
                "countryName": "England"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "email": "nuclearinnovation@beis.gov.uk"
            },
            "details": {
                "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/57hG7nME",
        "name": "Business Energy and Industrial Strategy"
    }
}