Published date: 30 November 2016

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


Closing: 30 November 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Sensors - 35125100

  • Cable and related products - 44320000

Location of contract

WA4 4AD

Value of contract

£28,283

Procurement reference

RE160397

Published date

30 November 2016

Closing date

30 November 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UK is playing a leading role in the ALICE Inner Tracking System (ITS) Upgrade at the LHC at CERN. This is funded by an STFC Project Grant. Daresbury Laboratory is a major production site for the staves of the ITS Upgrade. There are also five other stave construction sites worldwide in Italy, France, Korea, USA and Switzerland. The staves are constructed from CMOS sensors, carbon-fibre support structures, cooling, readout and power buses. The stave construction techniques must be identical across the construction sites. The assembly must be done on identical Coordinate Measuring Machines and using identical tooling which is imperative to maintain continuity of results. This reduces the risk to the project of failure and introduces an important level of contingency in the project planning.

The tooling and construction techniques for the CMMs have been developed by INFN Torino in Italy, who are partners in the project. The production tooling will, however, be produced by a single commercial company. This is necessary to ensure the tooling is identical at each production site. The tender exercise for the tooling production was carried out by CERN on behalf of the ALICE project and was awarded to the company SEL in Italy.

Award information

Awarded date

30 November 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Total value of contract

£28,283.27

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

S.E.L. s.r.l. Unipersonale

Address

Via Imperia 26
La Loggia
TO-10040
Italy

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

scientificresearc@uksbs.co.uk