Published date: 3 April 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Building construction work - 45210000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£110,000 to £140,000

Procurement reference

PRO-2020-036

Published date

3 April 2020

Closing date

17 April 2020

Contract start date

18 May 2020

Contract end date

18 May 2021

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Works will take place at an existing building located in the South Wales area. The facility is shared with another company and accounts for approximately 3,000m2. The space is split between open plan offices and specialist laboratories (Power Electronics, RF/Microwave, Photonics, Advanced Packaging and Electronics

The project will be the completion of the Evaluation Lab, the works to this lab were commenced as part of the original CAT A and CAT B Design and Build Project, but were halted due to a change in the proposed use of the lab. The build project will be to create a specialist environment that will facilitate a wide variety of research and development projects in the field of Compound Semi-Conductor Applications

The Catapult (the Employer) requires the evaluation of the existing services and the Design and Build of the Evaluation Lab testing space at their new office at the Innovation Centre, Imperial Park, Newport.

This test and measurement equipment will be used for R&D during the Catapult's collaborative and internal projects whilst also providing potential commercial opportunities in compliance and pre-qualification testing against a range of standards for high speed communications.

The equipment will be located in the Photonics Laboratory of the CSA Catapult as the main objective for the acquisition is to use the equipment to characterise high speed optical communications modules. However, the use of the equipment could be relevant to all three technical sections (Photonics, Power Electronics and RF).

The equipment will be required to be delivered to the laboratory in Newport, Wales, by the end of May 2020.


More information

Additional text

To express interest in this requirement and receive the tender documents, please email procurement@csa.catapult.org.uk with the reference PRO-2020-036 in the subject field.


About the buyer

Address

Celtic Way
Imperial Park
Newport
NP108BE
Wales

Email

procurement@csa.catapult.org.uk