Published date: 14 January 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 10 January 2022, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Frames - 44142000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£2,500,000

Procurement reference

BIP657457568

Published date

14 January 2022

Closing date

10 January 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

11 January 2022

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The DUNE Anode Plane Assemblies (APAs) will form the major part of the DUNE far site detector. We are finishing the prototype APAs for installation in a cryostat at CERN and preparing for the full production run of up to 128 APAs. The APAs are composed of large stainless steel metal frames and made of thousands of turns of wire, roughly 24 kilometres for each APA. It's an engineering challenge to wind the wire around the frames and build the wire chambers.

A fully assembled frame is expected 'in spec' with all the associated documents or 'doc pack' including material certificates, ITP (Inspection Test plan), mechanical inspections, NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) etc.

Full qualification (inspection) by ourselves will be needed in the first batch of two frames. This will include visual inspection, an inspection of holes and machined parts and welding quality. The company will allow us access to do these qualification checks.

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Award information

Awarded date

10 January 2022

Contract start date

11 January 2022

Contract end date

31 October 2025

Total value of contract

£2,500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Durham Sheet Metal Works Ltd,

Address

Progress House
Templetown,
South Shields
NE33 5TE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

+441793442000

Email

commercial@ukri.org