The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Campus for Advanced Nuclear Skills and Innovation

UK-London: Research and development services and related consultancy services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
       1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2072155000, Email: zara.hodgson@beis.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.delta-esourcing.com, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Campus for Advanced Nuclear Skills and Innovation    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Establishment of a 1-year pilot for development of an advanced nuclear skills and innovation campus. A delivery partner will be procured to:
•Improve coordination and focus advanced nuclear energy innovation and high-level skills development;
•Establish physical collaboration with office and laboratory space on an existing nuclear licensed site;
•Conduct market engagement and commissioning of seed or match investment in pilot technology development and demonstration projects to be performed on the site.
•Enable virtual collaboration with links to facilities, academia and wider skills across the sector
•Enable knowledge transfer and training
•Establish funded training / sponsorship of Masters/ PhD students.
The campus delivery partner will:
•be a vehicle for co-investment to establish campus projects and underpinning advanced nuclear training;
•conduct ongoing engagement with industry and interfacing programmes;
•monitor progress of campus projects and training regimes.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 1,700,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.          
      80000000 - Education and training services.          
      73100000 - Research and experimental development services.          
      73120000 - Experimental development services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The procurement is for a one-year contract with a single delivery partner or consortium. It will be conducted via an open competitive procedure and will be advertised on Find A Tender (FTS) and Contracts Finder.

The ITT and specification will be developed with market engagement, with a supplier day to be held on Tuesday 2nd March.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      The campus will be a high level skills and innovation “institute” housed within a Public Sector Research Establishment (PSRE) on a nuclear licensed site (of which there are several that could be viable) for developing and demonstrating advanced nuclear technologies that can contribute to Net Zero and society. We are seeking market input to develop the specifications for this pilot project.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         01/04/2021
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=572853338
GO-2021223-PRO-17834208 TKR-2021223-PRO-17834207        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 23/02/2021