Notice Information
Notice Title
Safety Case Peer Review Services
Notice Description
The (UKAEA) Safety Case Engineering Group provide a Safety Case service to existing and future fusion research facilities both at UKAEA and in the wider fusion community. Output from the group provides assurance to UKAEA that all major process hazards (radiological and non-radiological) are identified and managed to meet the requirements of legislation. Safety Cases are developed in line with those for previously owned UKAEA licensed sites. The UKAEA based at Culham, Oxfordshire require safety case engineering support on a call off basis. The contract duration will be for a period of 3 years, with the option of a 1 year extension. Preliminary Market Engagement has been completed, but could not be linked to this UK4 notice: ocds-h6vhtk-05584e
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0000
Renewal: The contract duration will be for a period of 3 years, with the option of a 1 year extension.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fc6c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085784-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
79417000 - Safety consultancy services
98110000 - Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
98112000 - Services furnished by professional organisations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Dec 20256 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Jan 20264 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 16 Feb 2026 - 15 Feb 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-12-15
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Charlotte Byrne
- Contact Email
- charlotte.byrne@ukaea.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OXFORDSHIRE
- 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
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
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- Local Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Electoral Ward
- Sandford & the Wittenhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085784-2025
23rd December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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