Published date: 13 March 2024

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: 26 April 2024, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Gas compressors - 42123100

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£230,000

Procurement reference

BIP849095723

Published date

13 March 2024

Closing date

26 April 2024

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

28 May 2024

Contract end date

28 November 2025

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 compressor will be used in a closed-loop circuit to circulate helium gas at warm (non-cryogenic) temperatures. The helium is used to remove the c.25 kW heat load generated in a graphite target in the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) beamline at Fermilab, near Chicago. The target is required to convert a 1.2MW proton beam into a neutrino beam for the physics experiment DUNE.
The delivery of a suitable compressor to Fermilab, along with other key helium circuit components outside the scope of this document, forms part of UKRI's Capital contribution-in-kind to the international DUNE collaboration.

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House,
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

+441793442000

Email

commercial@ukri.org