Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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2 Contract Details

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Title

MRRR Optioneering Study

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Description of the goods or services required

Building on Phase A of the Medical Radioisotope and Research Reactor (MRRR) Project – Verification supply and demand of medical radioisotopes, the Welsh Government Office for Science (WGOS) wishes to procure the services of a consultancy with specific knowledge in:

• Nuclear reactor design, build and operation.

• Technologies capable of supplying medical radioisotopes.

• The medical radioisotope lifecycle from production and purification through to supply and administration.

The role of this consultant will be to undertake Phase B of the MRRR Project - The MRRR Optioneering Study The study will undertake an overview of all options capable of providing a secure supply of medical radioisotopes to the UK. Works will likely include but not be limited to the following:

• A review of existing and new technologies that may be able to supply medical radioisotopes and assessment of whether they are credible.

• An investigation of all other uses for the technologies assessed (for example research applications, material transmutation etc.).

• Identification of the demand for neutron source applications, e.g. for targeted neutron research, therapies and industrial uses (i.e. as a source of neutrons for other research, innovation, manufacture).

• Review of the nuclear materials research opportunities, afforded by a MRRR, which would apply to power reactors (e.g. fuel research, fuel containment material R&D, etc.).

• An analysis of the reactor types currently producing medical radioisotopes (for example open pool and pressurised water, high / low flux etc.) an overview of their construction cost, running costs and their output of medical radioisotopes.

• Identification of the funding opportunities associated with the potential development of a MRRR.

From these works, the consultancy will provide an Optioneering report summarising the results and identifying a preferred option to be taken forward to Phase C – A detailed investigation and feasibility assessment of the preferred option.

The duration of this project is expected to be 3 – 5 months with a budget range of between £80,000 and £95,000.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=97231.

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3 Administrative Information

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

(WA Ref:97231)

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