Published date: 6 November 2015

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


Closing: 25 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£40,000 to £60,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PR150092

Published date

6 November 2015

Closing date

25 November 2015

Contract start date

3 December 2015

Contract end date

29 February 2016

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 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is the largest of the Science and Technology Facilities Council's laboratories. RAL, whose main function is to support the advancement of science, is situated 15 miles south of Oxford, in the UK.

The RAL Space Department is seeking to procure Super Insulated Vacuum Lines (SIVL) for the supply and exhaust of Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) to its second Space Test Chamber (STC-2).

STC-2 is a 5m internal diameter, 6m long vacuum vessel which will be used for testing space instruments. The SIVL are required for routing LN2 from the phase separator (on the mezzanine level) to the 12 valve boxes (manifold boxes for distributing LN2 inside STC-2) mounted to the outside of STC-2.There are also 4 SIVL used for exhaust from the door-mounted valve boxes, which are the last 4 items in Table 3-1.
STC-2 has 2 doors, which each open to 90 degrees and have 2 valve boxes mounted on them. The routing to these 4 valve boxes (2 per door) requires flexible lines to allow the door to open and close.

It is the responsibility of the Contractor to determine if this is feasible based on the dimensions given in AD1. If not, then other options may be proposed (rotating bayonets, alternative routing etc.)

Award information

Awarded date

29 February 2016

Contract start date

3 December 2015

Contract end date

29 February 2016

Total value of contract

£40,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Please see below in additional details

Address

XXX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Clarke

Address

The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell near Oxford.
OX11 0QX
England

Telephone

01235 446795

Email

peter.clarke@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk