--- title: "Coupled Processes Project - Participation in Decovalex D-2023 Tasks" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CTM PORTAL FOR THE NDA SHARED SERVICES ALLIANCE" published: "2019-10-27" --- # Coupled Processes Project - Participation in Decovalex D-2023 Tasks Buyer: CTM PORTAL FOR THE NDA SHARED SERVICES ALLIANCE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30965bf1-3a70-4a9e-bb48-4d11ac46d73e.json) ## Summary The procurement process involves the CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance seeking participants for the "Coupled Processes Project - Participation in Decovalex D-2023 Tasks." This initiative falls under the industry category of research and development services. The tender is currently in the active stage with a submission deadline set for 25 November 2019. The contract is expected to commence on 6 January 2020 and will run until 31 March 2024, with a total estimated value of £700,000, where the minimum value is £500,000. The procurement method being used is an open procedure, allowing broad participation. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in research services, particularly those specialising in geosphere coupled processes and modelling. Companies with expertise in research laboratory services and consultancy would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. Participation in DECOVALEX could enhance their visibility and credibility within the field, as well as open avenues for publishing their findings alongside the broader outputs of the project, potentially leading to future collaborations and funding prospects. ## Notice The DECOVALEX (DEmonstration of COupled models and their VALidation against EXperiment) project is an international co-operative research project. The overall objective of DECOVALEX is the development of scientific methodologies for evaluation of coupled THMCG processes in numerical models and to demonstrate how these can be applied to detailed and performance assessment calculations. Output from DECOVALEX is published in a peer-viewed journal (e.g. International Journal of Rock Mechanics), and participants are also free to publish their own work. The phase of DECOVALEX that ran from 2016 to 2019 ("D-2019") is in its completion phase. RWM supported the participation of one group (Quintessa) in that phase, working on Task A (to better understand the processes governing the advective movement of gas in two low permeability materials) and Task E (to investigate upscaling of THM modeling from small size experiments to real scale cells and to the scale of the GDF, using data from two field-scale experiments - the smaller scale TED experiment and the 1:1 scale ALC heating experiment - at the Meuse/Haute-Marne underground research laboratory, France). The final publications resulting from RWM's involvement in D 2019 are in preparation. Work funded by RWM that has been completed to date is published on the RWM bibliography , . The DECOVALEX website (www.decovalex.org) provides information of all work being undertaken in the D 2019 phase of the project, and also reports work completed in earlier phases of DECOVALEX. The next phase of the DECOVALEX project ("D-2023") is soon to initiate, and presents an appropriate opportunity as a component of RWM's Coupled Processes Project. RWM will sign an Agreement to participate in the D 2023 phase of DECOVALEX. RWM's technical input to the project will be via the supply chain (as outlined in this Contract Technical Specification). This contract is to procure a response for research needs on geosphere coupled processes. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f52aeb45-ac30-4da3-8a95-0aa8c0a47790 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Oct 2019 | | Submission deadline | 25 Nov 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 6 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £700,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CTM PORTAL FOR THE NDA SHARED SERVICES ALLIANCE | | Locality | DIDCOT | | Post town | Oxford | | Postcode | OX11 0RH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC | | Local authority | Vale of White Horse | | Electoral ward | Hendreds | | Westminster constituency | Didcot and Wantage | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73110000 - Research services - 73111000 - Research laboratory services - 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services ## Release History - 27 Oct 2019 at 17:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f52aeb45-ac30-4da3-8a95-0aa8c0a47790 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f52aeb45-ac30-4da3-8a95-0aa8c0a47790 27th October 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=12130&B=SELLAFIELD Additional data - https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/3510 User / Company ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/shared-services-alliance-ssa-for-nuclear-decommissioning-estate ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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