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Procurement Notice Details

Diffraction apparatus [x-ray diffractometer (xrd) system]
UK

Purchaser: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

20/12/2018 S245 - - Supplies - Prior information notice without call for competition - Not applicable
I.II.IV.VI.
United Kingdom-Abingdon: Diffraction apparatus

2018/S 245-560392

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Supplies

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)
Name and addresses
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
United Kingdom
Contact person: Ben Grainger
Telephone: +44 1235465315
E-mail: ben.grainger@ukaea.uk
NUTS code: UKJ14
Internet address(es):

Main address: www.uk-atomic-energy.org.uk

I.2)
Information about joint procurement
I.3)
Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4)
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5)
Main activity
Other activity: Scientific Research
Section II: Object

II.1)
Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)
Title:
X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) System

II.1.2)
Main CPV code
38530000
II.1.3)
Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4)
Short description:
The Authority has a requirement for a X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) System.

II.1.5)
Estimated total value
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)
Description
II.2.1)
Title:
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)
Place of performance
NUTS code: UKJ14
Main site or place of performance:
Culham, Oxfordshire

II.2.4)
Description of the procurement:
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is a non-departmental government body carrying out research into the potential of nuclear fusion as a future source of energy. UKAEA's Culham Science Centre houses the Materials Research Facility (MRF), which is part of the UK-wide National Nuclear User Facility (NNUF), which provides facilities for processing and scientific analysis of neutron irradiated materials that are too radioactive to be handled at university sites.

UKAEA require an X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) system, which allows for phase identification and quantification, lattice parameter refinement, crystallographic texture measurements and residual stress analysis on radioactive materials. It has two specific requirements which sets it apart from conventional laboratory scale systems.

— The XRD system needs to provide a bright monochromatic X-ray beam to achieve a sufficiently high signal to noise ratio with scan times in the order of a day in order to allow for the characterisation of irradiation induced defects (dislocation loops of sizes below 10 nm) using the advanced peak profile analysis approach recently developed by Preuss and co-workers at the University of Manchester using a synchroton X-ray source [References 1-3 below].

— As the system will be used on radioactive samples (with maximum activity 3,75 GBq Co60), it needs to be integrated into a shielded room, with parts of the system that are susceptible to irradiation damage (e.g. electronics) to be separated from the main instrument body, outside the shielding walls.

This PIN has been published to enable discussion with the market to assess the reaction to the requirement. UKAEA will conduct a dialogue with interested and capable suppliers and there will be a call for competition based on the specification developed through the dialogue.

References

[1] T. Seymour et al.; Evolution of dislocation structure in neutron irradiated Zircaloy-2 studied by synchrotron x-ray diffraction peak profile analysis. Acta Materialia 126 (2017), p 102-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.12.031

[2] M. Topping et al. Investigating the thermal stability of irradiation-induced damage in a zirconium alloy with novel in situ techniques. Acta Materialia 145 (2018), p 255-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.11.051

[3] M. Topping et al. The effect of irradiation temperature on damage structures in proton-irradiated zirconium alloys. Journal of Nuclear Materials (in press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.12.006

II.2.14)
Additional information
II.3)
Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
18/01/2019
Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)
Description
IV.1.8)
Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)
Additional information:
VI.5)
Date of dispatch of this notice:
17/12/2018



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