Published date: 18 August 2021

Last edited date: 2 September 2021

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: 3 September 2021, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electronic supplies - 31711000

  • Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery - 42900000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP617923795

Published date

18 August 2021

Closing date

3 September 2021

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

20 September 2021

Contract end date

19 March 2023

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

NOTE: This notice was updated on 02 September 2021 for the following reason: UKRI has taken the decision to extend the deadline for this tender to allow all Bidders ample time to prepare their responses.(Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery. Electronic supplies. To design, analysis and manufacture of 2 vacuum chambers approximately 1.8m x 1.1m x 0.5m and 1.3m x 0.7m x 0.5m.

The mechanical hardware to be supplied, manufactured, finished and assembled. The vacuum chambers in this tender will operate typically below 1x10-6mbar in normal operation. A description of loads, environment and material limitations are provided as required for analysis of these vacuum chambers. The design, analysis, fabrication and any certification must comply with the most recent version of BS EN 13445 Unfired Pressure Vessels (or equivalent standard agreed with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).)

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

UKRI STFC Procurement

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

01793444120

Email

commercial@ukri.org