UKSBS PR18067

Contract summary

Industry

• Engineering-related scientific and technical services - 71350000

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£38,522.90

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR18067

Published date

17 April 2018

Closing date

21 March 2018

Contract start date

22 March 2018

Contract end date

16 August 2018

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

This is an Award Notice.
MOONS (Multi-Object Optical and Near Infrared Spectrograph) is a new concept for an Astronomical Spectrograph 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) Observatory at Paranal, Chile. STFC (via the UK ATC) is the lead organisation of the Consortium responsible for the design, build and commissioning of the instrument under an ESO contract.
To deliver its science case MOONS requires 1001-off Fibre Positioner Units (FPUs) mounted very precisely on a metal Baseplate. The Baseplate is large (Diameter = 522 mm) and has to be made to very tight tolerances. As such, the manufacture of the Baseplate is complex and requires highly specialised tooling and machining facilities.
An open competition was conducted (UKSBS PR17164), during the course of which no supplier was able to offer a solution and provide a bid to UKATC.

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Award information

Awarded date

21 March 2018

Contract start date

22 March 2018

Contract end date

16 August 2018

Total value of contract

£38,522.90

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Alimex UK Precision In Aluminium Ltd

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk