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Contract notice

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Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 25/10/2019

Expire date: 19/12/2019

External Reference: 2019-498647

TED Reference: 2019/S 209-510854

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Radioactive Waste Management
8920190
Building 329, Thomson Avenue
Didcot
OX11 0GD
UK
Contact person: Anthony E Potts
Telephone: +44 1925802897
E-mail: tony.potts@nda.gov.uk
NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/shared-services-alliance-ssa-for-nuclear-decommissioning-estate

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=12130&B=SELLAFIELD
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
electronically via:  https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=12130&B=SELLAFIELD
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Nuclear Decommissioning

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Coupled Processes Project - Participation in Decovalex D-2023 Tasks
Reference number:  RWM242
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

73000000  -  Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

DECOVALEX is an international research project. The 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 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. 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. 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.
II.1.5)

Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 650000.00  GBP
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

73110000  -  Research services
73111000  -  Research laboratory services
73200000  -  Research and development consultancy services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UK -  UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance:  
Didcot
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

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.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 650000.00  GBP
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 06/01/2020  /  End: 31/03/2024
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:  
In the event of delay to the project RWM reserve the right to extend the agreement by up to 12 months.
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

III.2.3)

Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  25/11/2019
Local time:  12:00
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English
IV.2.6)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until:  21/02/2020
IV.2.7)

Conditions for opening of tenders

Date:  25/11/2019
Local time:  12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

RWM
Didcot
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
UK
Internet address: http://www.justice.gov.uk

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 
Any appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of the contact specified in Section I above, and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Contracting Authority will also incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on award of contract is communicated to tenderers.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

RWM
Didcot
UK