Published date: 21 February 2018

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


Closing: 1 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£400,000 to £600,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR17104 Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Published date

21 February 2018

Closing date

1 November 2017

Contract start date

28 November 2017

Contract end date

29 March 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 1 NOVEMBER 2017 14:00 HOURS. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER. To express your interest in this opportunity email expressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and follow the link "Supplier eSourcing registration".Tender submissions to be priced in £ GBP. Note : Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation, whose goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people - and more broadly to the world.
STFC support an academic community of around 1,700 in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy including space science, who work at more than 50 universities and research institutes in the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States, including a rolling cohort of more than 900 PhD students.
The organisation's large-scale scientific facilities in the UK and Europe are used by more than 3,500 users each year, carrying out more than 2,000 experiments and generating around 900 publications.
The combination of access to world-class research facilities and scientists, office and laboratory space, business support, and an environment which encourages innovation has proven a compelling combination, attracting start-ups, SMEs and large blue chips such as IBM and Unilever

The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) is a new national facility for the environmental testing of complete satellites (up to 7 tonnes mass) being built at the Science & Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. This requirement is for the supply of an EMC measurement receiver and measurement software to be used for EMC testing of satellites and sub-assemblies within the NSTF.
The contract will be awarded based on the criteria set out on the sourcing documents.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS PR17104 Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 27 December 2017

Attachments

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER Note: Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this is unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authority's control " As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link "Register for CCS eSourcing". Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered Bidder; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be assessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder.

Award information

Awarded date

8 January 2018

Contract start date

9 January 2018

Contract end date

29 March 2019

Total value of contract

£527,990

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Airbus Defence and Space SAS

Address

31 rue des Cosmonautes
Toulouse
Cedex 4
F-31402
France

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rona Bryce

Address

Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane,
Daresbury
Warrington
WA4 4AD
England

Telephone

01925 603537

Email

rona.bryce@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.stfc.ac.uk