Overhead travelling cranes

Tender description

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is a non departmental government body. UKAEA is involved in the design and provision of the Active Cells remote handling facility within the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden. The purpose of the facility is to process and store spent activated target station components. Work on handling processes and in-cell equipment/facilities are progressing towards the detailed design phase. For individual processes and items of equipment, options need to be identified, assessed against the requirements, and developed towards a suitable design ready for manufacture. This enquiry relates to the Lifting and Hoisting System that utilises a runway within the Active Cells. The system will have to span the 12 metre width of the Active Cell and cover the 29.7 metre length. The duties for this system will include: — Routine transfer of activated waste packages. — Removing, relocating and replacing storage pit lids. — Transferring spent activated target station components. — Installing future Active Cell components. This lifting system will require design, manufacture and installation into the Active Cell facility. This PIN has been published to enable market research to commence to asses the reaction of the market to the requirement and to review available technologies. UKAEA will conduct a dialogue with the marketplace and this may result in a call for competition based on the scope of the requirement developed through the dialogue.