UK Research & Innovation: UKRI-2183 SWIMMR S6: An Updated Space Weather Impact Assessment Study

UK-Oxford: Economic research services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       UK Research & Innovation
       Science & Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxford, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1235446553, Email: STFCprocurement@ukri.org
       Contact: STFC Procurement
       Main Address: https://www.ukri.org/
       NUTS Code: UKK14

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: UKRI-2183 SWIMMR S6: An Updated Space Weather Impact Assessment Study            
      Reference number: UKRI-2183

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         79311400 - Economic research services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: RAL Space, within UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Science and Technology Facilities
Council (STFC), wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of SWIMMR S6: An updated space weather impact
assessment study.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 234,600
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Oxfordshire
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Over the last decade, a considerable amount of activity has been devoted to
establishing the technical case behind the study of space weather processes, their prediction and the mitigation of
potential impacts. Notable examples of relevance to the UK include the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2013 report
“Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure” (Cannon et al, 2013) and the work of the
Space Environment Impacts Expert Group (SEIEG), which forms part of the advisory mechanism for UK Civil
Contingencies.

A need now exists to build upon and extend the findings reported in Cannon et al (2013), taking account of these
recent technological developments and identifying whether (and how) it might be necessary to broaden the scope of
the currently existing set of economic impact studies.

The objective of the SWIMMR S6 project is to produce a report, building on and extending the 2013 Royal Academy
of Engineering Report by Cannon et al, capturing the current scientific and technical rationale behind UK activities in
space weather.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Method and Approach / Weighting: 30
      Quality criterion - Name: Partners and Peer Review / Weighting: 15
      Quality criterion - Name: Risks and Challenges / Weighting: 20
      Quality criterion - Name: Project Plan and Resources / Weighting: 15
                  
      Price - Weighting: 20
            

      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
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2022/S 000-012492
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: UKRI-2183    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 07/09/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Rheatech Ltd, 03838015
             G.21-25, Building R71,, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 1235424221
             NUTS Code: UKJ14
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 250,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 234,600
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=728845290

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          UK Research and Innovation
          Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 17/10/2022