--- title: "H3AT TMC Metal Bellow Pump" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY" published: "2023-03-14" --- # H3AT TMC Metal Bellow Pump Buyer: UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cca9bf82-e43e-4638-9f25-dfb702faa1c6.json) ## Summary The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has awarded a £40,000 contract for the H3AT TMC Metal Bellow Pump to IBS Inc. The procurement process, initiated as a tender, involved the design and operation of a test rig for tritium monitoring and counting. The award was made under an open procedure, with a tender period ending on January 13, 2023, and a contract period running from January 27 to March 31, 2023. The procurement falls under the goods category and is suited for SMEs and VCSEs. This procurement opportunity for the metal bellow pump presents a chance for businesses in the electric pumps, pumps, and vacuum pumps industries to secure contracts with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Companies with expertise in gas analysis and related technologies, particularly in tritium measurements, would be well-suited to compete. The contract offers a minimum value of £30,000 and is expected to facilitate innovations in tritium analytics to support safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements within the fuel cycle. ## Notice The objective of Tritium Monitoring and Counting (TMC) project is to design, build and operate a test rig that will allow different on-line gas composition analysers to be tested under some of operating conditions that would be found in the DEMO plant. The intention of this work is to develop a tritium analytics experiment to support the DEMO tritium accountancy concept, namely, to provide improved knowledge on critical measurement techniques so that the associated uncertainty of the DEMO accountancy statement is reduced. Achieving this is prerequisite to satisfying the regulatory requirements pertaining to safety, the environment and non-proliferation for which the need to know how much tritium there is and where the tritium is in the fuel cycle at all times is key. A further requirement is the ability to measure tritium to satisfy the needs for process monitoring and control (PMC). To this end, four operating conditions have been identified: static, continuous, recirculation and response rate. The first phase of this project (Romanelli, 2021) showed that Raman and Mass Spectrometry are highly advanced in technical readiness for tritium measurements in DEMO. Therefore, Raman Spectrometry will be tested as a continuous measurement technique with Mass Spectrometry used as a reference technique. The TMC experimental rig is intended for gas analysis using a reference analyser and analytical analysers. The mass spectrometer has been chosen as the reference analyser while the Raman spectrometer is the analytical analyser. There is also the potential for using a second analytical analyser. Gas samples will be analysed using these analysers in different operational modes. The analysed gases will then be evacuated to a suitable location. Among the several required components for the TMC rig, there are different types of pumps. Object of the present tender is a metal bellow pump. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/660fc91a-10ef-4c01-a2be-768b537d4598 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | 13 Jan 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 15 Feb 2023 | | Contract period | 7 Mar 2023 - 29 Sep 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £40,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £16,300 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY | | Locality | ABINGDON | | Post town | Oxford | | Postcode | OX14 3DB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC | | Local authority | South Oxfordshire | | Electoral ward | Sandford & the Wittenhams | | Westminster constituency | Didcot and Wantage | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | IBS | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 42 - Industrial machinery ### Codes - 31681200 - Electric pumps - 42122000 - Pumps - 42122450 - Vacuum pumps ## Release History - 14 Mar 2023 at 08:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/660fc91a-10ef-4c01-a2be-768b537d4598 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/660fc91a-10ef-4c01-a2be-768b537d4598 14th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=58176&B=UKAEA Additional data - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/72814 User / Company ## Notice URLs - http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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