Awarded contract

UKRI-6113 METIS Temporary Cleanroom

Details

Buyer: UK Research & Innovation
Supplier(s): GUARDTECH CLEANROOMS LTD
Value: £229,887
Duration: 4 months
Topic: Construction work for research buildings
Published: 23 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This tender defines the technical requirements for the provision of an alternative cleanroom facility at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE) in Scotland, UK, to support assembly and integration activities for the METIS LMS instrument. The requirements set out the environmental, spatial, services, and ancillary conditions that any proposed facility must satisfy in order to be considered for this engagement. We anticipate the requirement to be priced around £200K to £300K GBP ex VAT. Please review the full suite of tender documentation to understand the requirement, process and terms and conditions. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published23 July 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date23 July 2026
Next: Contract expiry date23 November 2026in 2 weeks

About the buyer

UK Research & Innovation is the non-departmental public body that brings together the seven research councils, Research England and Innovate UK.

The UK Industrial Liaison Office gives UK companies advance notice of tenders from international facilities such as CERN and ESO.

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.

Decision makers

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