SORT AND SEGREGATE NUCLEAR WASTE: PHASE 1 – FUNDING

1. Title: SORT AND SEGREGATE NUCLEAR WASTE: PHASE 1 – FUNDING2. Awarding Authority: Innovate UK, SBRI, GB Tel: 03003214357. Email: support@innovateuk.ukri.org.3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: This is a Awarding Authority competition funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.The aim of the competition is to develop an autonomous and integrated toolkit to sort and segregate radioactive waste generated by nuclear decommissioning activities. This will reduce the level of waste requiring disposal, increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve safety.This is phase 1 of a 2-phase competition. A decision to proceed with phase 2 will depend on the outcomes from phase 1 and the assessment of a separate application into a subsequent phase 2 competition.Phase 1: research and development contracts, feasibility study (this competition)Up to £600,000, including VAT, is available for phase 1 and it is anticipated that the feasibility study R&D contracts will be up to £60,000, including VAT. This is for each project for up to 3 months. We expect to fund up to 10 projects. At the conclusion of phase 1 you will produce a technical feasibility study.Phase 2: research and development contracts, prototype development and testingOnly successful applicants from phase 1 will be able to apply to take part in phase 2. Your end-of-phase 1 report (technical feasibility study) will form part of your application into phase 2.The second phase will involve up to 4 R&D contracts. Up to £900,000, including VAT, will be allocated for each contract for up to 15 months, in order to develop and demonstrate a full scale prototype in a non-radioactive environment.At the conclusion of the competition we will ask all phase 2 projects to demonstrate their solutions at their own premises to an invited audience and participate in a showcase event to present their solutions to potential end users and customers.The contract is completed at the end of phase 2, and the successful business is expected to pursue commercialisation of their solution.This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline5. CPV Code(s): 90521520, 905210006. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK147. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Swindon.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Organisations can apply for a share of £3.9 million, including VAT, to develop an autonomous, integrated toolkit to sort and segregate nuclear wasteFunding typeProcurementProject sizeIn phase 1 projects can range in size up to a total cost of £60,000, including VAT. In phase 2 projects can range in size up to a total of £900,000, including VAT. This competition is for phase 1 only.FundingA total of up to £600,000, including VAT, is allocated to phase 1.We anticipate the phase 1 feasibility study R&D contracts will be up to £60,000, including VAT, for each project for up to 3 months. We expect to fund up to 10 projects.The total funding available for the competition can change. The funders have the right to:adjust the provisional funding allocations between the phasesapply a ‘portfolio’ approachTo simplify payment processing and make it easier for your project to adapt around the current constraints of COVID 19, in phase 1 we will make 2 payments against milestones.The first payment of 25% of the funding awarded will be dependent on the successful completion of the project kick off meeting and approval of the project plan.The remaining 75% second payment will be awarded after the submission of the project end-of-phase report, which is your technical feasibility study.Research and developmentYour application must have at least 50% of the contract value attributed directly and exclusively to R&D services, including solution exploration and design. R&D can also include prototyping and field-testing the product or service. This lets you incorporate the results of your exploration and design and demonstrate that you can produce in quantity to acceptable quality standards.R&D does not include:commercial development activities such as quantity productionsupply to establish commercial viability or to recover R&D costs already incurredincremental adaptations and improvements to existing products or processesState aidSBRI competitions involve procurement of R&D services at a fair market value and are not subject to state aid criteria that typically apply to grant funding10. Competition closes: 11.11.2020 (11:00:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit: 12. Other information: Competition opens: Monday 17 August 2020Further help and informationIf you want help to find a project partner, contact the Knowledge Transfer Network.If you have any questions about the requirements of this competition or if you need more information, email us at support@innovateuk.ukri.org or call our customer support services on 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 11:30am and 2pm to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).# funding opportunity