CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPE AND RESEARCH REACTOR (MRRR) Optioneering Study

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Description of the goods or services required

Research indicates that in the next 10 years demand for medical radioisotopes will exceed supply. This threatens the security of supply of medical radioisotopes for all European countries.

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 contractor 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 contractor 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.

The contractor 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 overall vision for this programme is for a UK centre of excellence in nuclear technologies, primarily focused on nuclear medicine but with options to include, research on nuclear fuels, nuclear materials, neutron physics research etc. The contractor will be required to define a ‘vision’ which will put Wales and the UK at the world table of nuclear technology and nuclear healthcare expertise by creating world-class research, development and innovation centre with new capabilities in new nuclear technology and a capacity to support nuclear medicine within the UK. The overall programme should include the core production and processing facilities for medical radioisotopes and may ultimately also include, but not be limited to:

• A treatment centre,

• Pre-clinical research and pharmaceutical development, and

• Nuclear Research.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=97709

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The duration of this project is expected to be 3 – 5 months with a budget range of between £70,000 - £95,000 ex VAT, however this includes any extension period.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

See tender documents

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

C246/2019/2020

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

All tender information is included on https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - project number 43501 itt_79113, all tender submissions and tender queries must be submitted via this portal.

E-Tender Information:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.

- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.

- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.

- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.

- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.

- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.

- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”

- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.

- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.

- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.

- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).

- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.

- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm

How To Find The ITT:

- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’

- The e-tender references for this contract are: project_43501, itt_79113.

- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.

- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.

- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.

(WA Ref:97709)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice