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title: "DEMO TR0 Robotic Manipulator"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03e266"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY"
published: "2023-07-17"
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# DEMO TR0 Robotic Manipulator

Buyer: UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03e266

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## Summary

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has awarded a contract for the procurement of a DEMO TR0 Robotic Manipulator at Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB. The procurement process was completed through a limited tender procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The robotic manipulator, controller, and associated software and hardware fall under the industrial robots category, with a contract value of €79,500 signed on 21st June 2023. Comau S.p.A is the active supplier for this contract.

This tender provides a business growth opportunity for companies specialising in industrial robotics and related technologies. Organisations with expertise in robotic manipulators, controllers, and associated software are well-suited to compete. The UK Atomic Energy Authority has identified specific technical requirements for the robotic control system, making it suitable for companies able to meet these bespoke control algorithm and ROS 2 interface implementation criteria.

## Notice

The UK Atomic Energy Authority MACRO (Model-based Advanced Control for Remote Operations) team have a requirement for a robotic manipulator, controller and associated software and hardware for the RMTF TR0 Modular Integration Work Cell test rig. Please note this is an award notice not a call for competition.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The UK Atomic Energy Authority MACRO (Model-based Advanced Control for Remote Operations) team have a requirement for a robotic manipulator, controller and associated software and hardware for the RMTF TR0 Modular Integration Work Cell test rig. Please note this is an award notice not a call for competition.

### Procurement Information

UK AEA requires this manipulator and controller to have a robotic control system which would allow a user-defined servo control, in which current demands to the motor drivers of the robot are calculated by bespoke control algorithms. In this way any proprietary control law implemented by the manufacturer should be overridable by the user-defined one. The controller should also implement a ROS 2 interface to allow real-time exchange of data with third party devices/software through the Data Distribution Service (DDS) protocol." UK AEA has identified the Comau G5G controller as the only "open" controller on the market in the sense described above. Furthermore, the C5G controller is now ROS-2 compatible, which makes it the best system architecture for DEMO RMTF in the current landscape of industrial controller technology..

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020433-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £79,500 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | COMAU |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 42 - Industrial machinery

### Codes

- 42997300 - Industrial robots

## Release History

- 17 Jul 2023 at 08:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020433-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/72814
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority

## Provenance

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