# UK SBS PR19131 FREIA CHOPPER SYSTEM DISC ASSEMBLIES

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Airbus Defence and Space GmbH](/contract-winners/airbus-defence-and-space/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £301,000
- Tender value: £301,000
- Award date: 21 January 2020
- Published: 30 January 2020
- Contract start: 22 January 2020
- Contract end: 31 January 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: ec87ea0c-ae9b-4bef-8727-7530db675eef-340092
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2c52878c-97b3-4b41-b18a-d397c6be1322

## Description

\*\*\*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION\*\*\* UK Research and Innovation had a requirement to purchase Freia Chopper System Disc Assemblies\. The Contract was awarded following a negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32 \(2\) \(a\) \(b\) \(ii\) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015\. Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below : • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: • absence of competition for technical reasons Explanation: The neutron choppers that will be used in FREIA system are bespoke and have specific technical requirements as the discs are larger than conventional discs with complex geometric design\. The proposed material composition of these discs must provide the required performance and meet the technical specifications\. Currently there is no other supplier other than Airbus who has the technical capability and resources to carry out designing and manufacturing these unique neutron choppers\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec87ea0c-ae9b-4bef-8727-7530db675eef-340092)