Published date: 22 May 2018

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


Closing: 26 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pumps - 42122000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£69,792.96

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR18083 AN

Published date

22 May 2018

Closing date

26 April 2018

Contract start date

27 April 2018

Contract end date

29 June 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

This is an Award Notice.

MOONS (Multi-Object Optical and Near Infrared Spectrograph) is a new concept for an astronomical instrument that has been selected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in response to their call for 3rd generation instruments for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) located at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. STFC (via the UKATC) is the lead organisation of the Consortium responsible for the design, build and commissioning of the instrument under an ESO Contract, with a budget of around 10M EUR and 200 FTE.

As part of this, the UKATC has to deliver the MOONS cryo-vacuum system which requires 2-off turbo pumps for which ESO has mandated the use of a specific model and type, namely the ATH 2303M from Pfeiffer Vacuum.

MOONS is designed to operate at infra-red wavelengths and hence uses detectors that are sensitive to infra-red light. These detectors must be cooled to 120K to limit the background radiation they see and hence must be located inside a cryostat held under vacuum conditions.

To achieve the required vacuum pressure of 1x10-6 mBar the cryostat for MOONS needs 2-off turbo pumps.

Based on the demands of on-site maintenance and inter-operability with existing equipment, ESO has mandated that only one specific type of turbo pump can be used at the telescope facility.

Award information

Awarded date

26 April 2018

Contract start date

27 April 2018

Contract end date

29 June 2018

Total value of contract

£87,225.07

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Ltd

Address

16 Plover Close
Interchange Park
Newport Pagnell
MK16 9PS
United Kingdom

Reference

None: 668677

Value of contract

£0

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk