ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System

Concepts

• abingdon
• industrial machinery
• generic upper port plug tower system
• the iter generic upper port plug tower system
• generic upper port plug tower system - addition
• the generic upper port plug maintenance
• the generic upper port
• system
• tower
• port

Location

Abingdon

Description

Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System - Addition of Trail to original contract

Total Quantity or Scope

The UK Atomic Energy Authority will work with the Supplier in assembling and trailing the ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System and Modules which have already been manufactured under the original advertised contract. The trails here are additional work and are due to take place at the suppliers premises due to space limitations at the Authority’s site. The project looks to mock up an important RH process for ITER based on the Generic Upper Port Plug maintenance and will seek to further expand the operational suitability of the hardware. This will be attained by assessing the possibility of using a minimum amount of metrology, or alternative measurement activity, to achieve an insertion of the DSM and DFWs within the port plug mock up. The trials are based on the expected information available in the hot cell which rely on a limited amount of physical data.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 42000000 - Industrial machinery
• 42410000 - Lifting and handling equipment
• 42419000 - Parts of lifting and handling equipment
• 42900000 - Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

The Supplier was awarded a contract in 2022 for the Manufacture, Assembly, Testing and Supply of ITER Generic Upper Port Plug Tower System. This requirement adds work for the goods, still within the Suppliers factory, to be trailed by the Authority's staff. A change of supplier would cause additional costs in shipping the goods elsewhere, cause delays to the project and would be impracticable. Due to the experience and complexity of the requirements it would be difficult to uncouple this work and tender competitively. The addition of this work to the contract has been authorised by UKAEA's Head of Procurement.

Other Information

Date of award is date of start of standstill. Contract amendment will be issued on completion of standstill period.