Notice Information
Notice Title
RACE - Laser welding trials
Notice Description
RACE has been investigating laser welding and carried out trials of its own design of laser welding equipment in 2018. It has just completed a second iteration of the design to implement improvements (higher power output, more reliability) and a similar set of trials to the 2018 work needs to be carried out to verify the design. RACE does not have the equipment and expertise to test internally. The services, facilities and support needed are: * Laser test facilities (Safety cell, laser power source, robot, measurement equipment) * Technician support to run experiments * Guidance on welding setup and parameters * Analysis of welds * Interpretation of welds and expert opinion
Lot Information
Lot 1
RACE has been investigating laser welding and carried out trials of its own design of laser welding equipment in 2018. It has just completed a second iteration of the design to implement improvements (higher power output, more reliability) and a similar set of trials to the 2018 work needs to be carried out to verify the design. RACE does not have the equipment and expertise to test internally. The services, facilities and support needed are: * Laser test facilities (Safety cell, laser power source, robot, measurement equipment) * Technician support to run experiments * Guidance on welding setup and parameters * Analysis of welds * Interpretation of welds and expert opinion
Procurement Information
The RACE laser welding head is an evolution of the previous design that was tested at TWI. Only part of the design has needed to be changed. Testing at a different supplier is likely to require redesign of the interfacing components, requiring allocation of more resource and increasing design and management costs. Various adaptors and ancillary components are needed to connect the laser welding head, having previously tested with them, we already have the equipment needed to operate at TWI. The costs to change to supplier are estimated around the PS1500-PS2000 mark, assuming the safety provisions, control systems etc. are identical to TWI. This amount of money was found to be the difference between suppliers in the original selection of TWI. Core to value for money being achieved through TWI is their previous involvement in this project. Because of this they have a good understanding of the projects aims and of UKAEA's needs. Additionally, TWI have already demonstrated that they are capable of performing the results needed to fulfil this type of testing, by completion of the previous set of trials. TWI have the necessary expertise, equipment and analysis ability required to provide useful insights into the performance of the welding head and the quality of the welds produced, all under one roof. Alternate facilities, for example at an academic institution, would not have this level of knowledge in-house. In addition to this, keeping the supplier consistent between the trials will ensure consistency in the results collected. This will make direct comparison easier, which is necessary to show the effectiveness of improvements in the design.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-037c53
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030188-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
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- CPV Codes
71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Oct 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ABINGDON
- Postcode
- OX14 3DB
- Postcode Area
- Oxford
- Country
- England
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- 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
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
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- Local Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Sandford & the Wittenhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
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