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UKAEA RACE - RAICo Request for Expressions of Interest - Data Exploitation

UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

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08 Aug 2022 at 16:12

Summary of the contracting process

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is planning a tender process for the project titled "UKAEA RACE - RAICo Request for Expressions of Interest - Data Exploitation" in the services industry category. This procurement process aims to develop an enhanced suite of tools for merging and utilizing data from hazardous nuclear decommissioning sites. The project location is Whitehaven, Cumbria, and the tender value is £1,500,000. The procurement is at the planning stage, with a future notice date of January 30, 2023.

This tender by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority presents opportunities for businesses skilled in digital technology, inspection, and health physics. Companies with expertise in data services, nuclear BIM development, decommissioning data viewer interfaces, automated inspection technologies, and remote health physics techniques are well-suited to compete. The procurement method is a tender with potential opportunities across multiple lots focusing on various aspects of data exploitation for nuclear decommissioning applications.

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Notice Title

UKAEA RACE - RAICo Request for Expressions of Interest - Data Exploitation

Notice Description

UKAEA RACE - RAICo are investigating the creation of an enhanced suite of tools for merging and utilising data collected by robot/sensor from hazardous nuclear decommissioning site locations. Improving the reliability, repeatability, and breadth of supporting data to enable faster, safer, and cheaper decision making for decommissioning and maintenance applications. It seeks to do this by engaging with industry and academia to combine recent advances from other fields, to develop a data exploitation framework focused on a unified data format suitable for nuclear decommissioning.

Lot Information

Nuclear Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Development and demonstration of a nuclear BIM suitable for supporting nuclear fusion and fission decommissioning. This shall include importing existing CAD, connecting related textual records, maintenance logs, and capture data from inspection robots and sensors. The nuclear BIM shall include the ability to include radiological and contamination data. Beyond this, it shall also include the ability to include uncertain or incomplete data. We will be seeking expertise in all digital related technology skill sets and capabilities to support the development of a nuclear BIM.

Decommissioning Data Viewer

This project will develop an intuitive interface to the Nuclear BIM, allowing multiple types of users to inspect a plant, and easily interact with the data that they require (e.g. overlaying radiological data). This shall include VR representations for the 3D data. We will be seeking expertise in all digital related technology skill sets and capabilities.

Automated Inspection

This project shall focus on routinely and autonomously exploring and inspecting large complex regions enabling this in nuclear decommissioning and ensuring that the data is returned in a standard format suitable for the nuclear BIM. We will be seeking expertise in all digital / inspection related technology skill sets and capabilities.

Remote Health Physics

For most decommissioning operations, multiple radiological protection workers are required to be on standby in uncomfortable PPE for the entire period of an operation. This can cause delays and puts additional people at risk. With the advent of readily available mobile robotics, it should be possible to deploy remote platforms to complete some of the monitoring tasks remotely. This project focuses on the development and in-field testing of remote health physics techniques. We will be seeking expertise in all digital technology / health physics related skill sets and capabilities.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0359ff
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021788-2022
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

72300000 - Data services

72314000 - Data collection and collation services

90743100 - Toxic substances monitoring services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Jan 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
Contact Name
Phil Perkins
Contact Email
phil.perkins@ukaea.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1235467147

Buyer Location

Locality
ABINGDON
Postcode
OX14 3DB
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
South Oxfordshire
Electoral Ward
Sandford & the Wittenhams
Westminster Constituency
Didcot and Wantage

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