Supply of the Normal Heat Flux First Wall Panels for the ITER Blanket System. The supply involves qualification, manufacturing, factory testing, delivery and witnessing of the final acceptance testing of the panels at the ITER Site.

The scope of the contract will be split into separate tasks:

The baseline scope of the contract will be:

Task 1: Implementation of the required industrial production means;

Task 2: Qualification of production means and processes through the fabrication of a small pre-series of First Wall (FW) panels;

Task 3: Fabrication of an initial batch of FW panels.

The remaining panels in the series of 215 are not part of the baseline scope of the contract. They will be divided into batches of panels and will be awarded following re-openings of competition between contractors that have performed Task 1, 2 and 3.

— tenderers will be required to provide ‘Target Prices’ and ‘Ceiling Prices’ for Task 1, Task 2 and Task 3;

— tenderers will be required to provide ‘Maximum Target Prices’ and ‘Maximum Ceiling Prices’ for the remaining batches of panels that will be awarded following re-openings of competition.