Published date: 24 June 2019

This notice was replaced on 11 October 2019

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Awarded contract (published 11 October 2019, last edited 6 July 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Linear accelerators - 31643100

Location of contract

WA4 4AD

Value of contract

£450,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PR19056

Published date

24 June 2019

Closing date

2 August 2019

Contract start date

16 September 2019

Contract end date

17 May 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**Final date and time for the submission of bids is 02/08/2019 at 11:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.**

This requirement is for the design, manufacture, and delivery of the Radio Frequency (RF) Linac Waveguide Distribution System of the CLARA (Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications) for the use at UKRI STFC Daresbury Laboratory (DL), Warrington WA4 4AD. A next-generation light source test facility is to be constructed at the DL which will be known as CLARA. The aim of the CLARA project is to develop a normal conducting test accelerator capable of generating longitudinally and transversely bright electron bunches and to use these bunches in the experimental production of stable, synchronised, ultra-short photon pulses of coherent light from a single pass FEL (Free Electron Laser) with techniques directly applicable to the future generation of light source facilities. UKRI STFC requires waveguide system for the CLARA facility capable of handling RF peak powers of up to 80 MW for the 3 RF 4m linacs. Detailed waveguide requirements are defined in the attached document,UK SBS PR19056 Specification.

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About the buyer

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk