Official UK procurement notice
The Provision Of 128 DUNE APA Stainless Steel Frames
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe DUNE Anode Plane Assemblies (APAs) will form the major part of the DUNE far site detector. We are finishing the prototype APAs for installation in a cryostat at CERN and preparing for the full production run of up to 128 APAs. The APAs are composed of large stainless steel metal frames and made of thousands of turns of wire, roughly 24 kilometres for each APA. It’s an engineering challenge to wind the wire around the frames and build the wire chambers.
A fully assembled frame is expected ‘in spec’ with all the associated documents or ‘doc pack’ including material certificates, ITP (Inspection Test plan), mechanical inspections, NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) etc.
Full qualification (inspection) by ourselves will be needed in the first batch of two frames. This will include visual inspection, an inspection of holes and machined parts and welding quality. The company will allow us access to do these qualification checks.
CPV: Frames · Steel · Welding
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Your company will be asked to manufacture up to 128 APA frames by October 2025AwardedPublished value£2,500,000
Your company will be asked to manufacture up to 128 APA frames by October 2025. The first two APA frames should be assembled, inspected and shipped to Daresbury by 31st January 2022, the following 6 to be delivered on 28th March, and from then on, 6 frames every 9 weeks.
During manufacture, time will be needed to visit the sub-contract companies (if used) and yourselves to carry out inspections. In addition, around half a day per frame will be required to measure the flatness of each frame with our laser tracking system, which is shown in the attached document “8760doc055 Frame planarity testing”. Finally, Crane operators and riggers will be needed to fix the APA frame in landscape mode, as shown.
Downtime periods of up to two months might be needed. In such a case, the delivery dates for the subsequent batches of frames will be moved by the required time.
Each APA frame will have 5 years warranty on the complete assembly.
The manufacturer will provide monthly status reports on parts procurement, staffing and manufacture of the frames. When relevant, the report should include the status of the manufacturer’s subcontractors. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/87X6H4E99Z ↗
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 90
- Price: 10
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Nov 2021, 16:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:15 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Dec 2021 – …
- Authority reference
UKRI-1620- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-001152- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=657457568 GO Reference: GO-2022114-PRO-19501047
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 2 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
2 Dec 2021 → 14 Jan 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline2 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened2 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
- Contract starts4 Jan 2022
- Notice published14 Jan 2022, 12:15 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Jan 2022, 12:15 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Sheet Metal Works Ltd,SME | £2,497,244 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001152-2022-1 · Durham Sheet Metal Works Ltd,SME
- Signed
- 10 Jan 2022
- Value
- £2,497,244
- Period
- … – 31 Oct 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Durham Sheet Metal Works Ltd,Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria