Notice Information
Notice Title
HEX Project (Previously warm X-Ray)
Notice Description
HEX Project Provision of technologies for providing an intense, pulsed electron beam source.
Lot Information
Lot 1
AWE Plc is seeking to work with a vendor or vendors for: 1. Purchase and or development of equipment and technologies to generate a high-intensity 2-3 MeV end point electron beam and x-ray generator 2. Purchase and or development of equipment and technologies to support operations and diagnose the generated electron beam AWE seeks to purchase a high intensity, pulsed, electron-beam generator with associated diagnostics and ancillary support equipment. The key specifications are as follows: * The Pulsed Power Machine shall provide the electrical equivalent of a 2.2 O Pulse Forming system charged to -5.0 MV * The Pulsed Power Machine shall be tolerant of electrical loads from 1.5 O to 6.0 O * The Pulsed Power Machine shall have an output pulse length of 58 ns +- 2 ns * Pulsed Power Machine failure to fire rate shall be less than 1 in 10 shots * Pulsed Power Machine voltage pulse repeatability at the selected operating voltage shall be +- 5% * Pulsed Power Machine voltage prepulse shall be less than +-100 kV into an open circuit * Pulsed Power Machine throughput shall be a minimum of 1 shot per 15 minutes into a load, based on nominally identical set-ups * Pulsed Power Machine shall support a diode bounding mass of (current estimates anode 500 kg, cathode 20 kg) Additional information: AWE Plc ("AWE") is seeking to engage with the market for the HEX (Previously Warm X-Ray) Project. This notice is for market engagement only and is not a call for competition. You can find out more information about AWE here: https://www.awe.co.uk/ AWE - Atomic Weapons Establishment AWE is a high performing, streamlined business delivering extraordinary products. If you are interested in this PIN please download the Supplier Proforma from Contracts Finder OR contact CapitalSCM@awe.co.uk to request the proforma. The submission deadline is 03/11/2023 The nature of this PIN is such that AWE intends to operate restrictions within the relevant procurement regulations in order to protect essential national security interests. If an economic operator has connections with any hostile entity or foreign states which are deemed by AWE to pose a risk to the UK's national security interests or is otherwise considered not to possess the reliability necessary to exclude risks to the security of the United Kingdom, AWE reserves its right to exclude them from this exercise. In issuing this PIN and engaging with the market, the AWE is not committing to conduct any procurement in relation to this Programme. Equally non-participation in this Market Engagement will not be taken into account in any future procurement activities and will not preclude any organisation from submitting a tender in any future competitions. Note: The nature of this contract is such that the award will be subject to supplier's passing AWE's security requirements as dictated by its site licenses.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0408b3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029577-2023
- 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
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
31712000 - Microelectronic machinery and apparatus and microsystems
33111000 - X-ray devices
33124000 - Diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies
73111000 - Research laboratory services
98300000 - Miscellaneous services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Oct 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Oct 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- AWE PLC
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- capitalscm@awe.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG7 4PR
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- West Berkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Aldermaston
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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