Notice Information
Notice Title
Conformity Assessment Body, Notified Body, Third Party Inspection and Non-Destructive Testing Service
Notice Description
The UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the provision of Conformity Assessment Body, Notified Body, Third-Party Inspection and Non-Destructive Testing Service. The service will be split into two lots: Lot 1: Conformity Assessment Body, Notified Body and Third-Party Inspection Service Lot 2: Non-Destructive Testing Service Bidders may bid for both lots. UKAEA may award one or more contracts to one or more Suppliers. Full details of the requirement including the technical specification and assessment criteria are available by following the link in this notice. A Preliminary Engagement Notice was published for this project. The Notice can be found on Find a Tender using the Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04faa0. This was published 31 March 2025, 12:44pm. Unfortunately the notice cannot be linked to this tender notice due to our e-sender experiencing technical difficulties at the moment. We are communicating this in this here for transparency.
Lot Information
Lot 1: Conformity Assessment Body, Notified Body and Third Party Inspection Service
The provision of a Conformity Assessment Body, Notified Body and Third Party Inspection Service to the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Full details can be found within the Technical Specification which is available for download.
Renewal: The contract will contain an option to extend by a period of one year by mutual agreement between the Parties.
Lot 2: Non-Destructive Testing ServiceThe UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the provision of a Non-Destructive Testing Service. Full details of the requirement including the technical specification and assessment criteria are available by following the link in this notice.
Renewal: The contract contains an option to extend by one year on mutual agreement between the Parties.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054804
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079112-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
98112000 - Services furnished by professional organisations
98113000 - Services furnished by specialist organisations
98120000 - Services furnished by trade unions
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £400,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 12 Dec 2025 - 11 Dec 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Robert Franklin
- Contact Email
- robert.franklin@ukaea.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1235466915
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OXFORDSHIRE
- Postcode
- OX14 3DB
- Post Town
- 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
-
- Local Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Sandford & the Wittenhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079112-2025
2nd December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038219-2025
8th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032069-2025
12th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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