Expired contract

GB-Swindon: UKRI-3307 Electron Beam Weld Trials

Details

Supplier(s)
TWI Ltd
Value
£36,920
Duration
2 months
Topic
Welding equipment
Published
15 August 2023

Tender description

This contract award notice is for welding trials, testing and qualification work for the future manufacture of two particle production targets for the LBNF facility. The LBNF target is a critical In-Kind Contribution included in a US/UK Science and Technology Agreement signed at a governmental level in September 2017 alongside a BEIS capital investment in the LBNF/DUNE project. Following the funding announcement, STFC has is able to have a RAL led team to design and construct the neutrino production target and ancillary components as an In-Kind contribution to the experiment. Additional information: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- https://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Documents/UKRIPOTCs.pdf

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published15 August 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date16 August 2023
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 October 2023

About the buyer

UK Research & Innovation is the non-departmental public body that brings together the seven research councils, Research England and Innovate UK, and runs its own supplier portal. Suppliers register and respond to e-tenders on that portal, an Atamis system. Opportunities are also advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Framework agreements let by the body, including one for office furniture, are published on Find a Tender. Tenders from the national laboratories run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council appear on the same portal. The UK Industrial Liaison Office gives UK companies advance notice of tenders from international facilities such as CERN and ESO.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Research & Innovation's contract awards have been in business services, laboratory and precision equipment and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 42662000 · Welding equipment

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