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title: "UKRI-2212 The supply of Additional High Purity Niobium for Superconducting RF Cavities"
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# UKRI-2212 The supply of Additional High Purity Niobium for Superconducting RF Cavities

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2212-the-supply-of-additional-high-purity-niobium-for-superconducting-rf-cavities-ocds-h6vhtk-038412). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-2212 The supply of Additional High Purity Niobium for Superconducting RF Cavities". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Dec 2022, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 December 2022 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Niobium
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2212-the-supply-of-additional-high-purity-niobium-for-superconducting-rf-cavities-ocds-h6vhtk-038412#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038412`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2212-the-supply-of-additional-high-purity-niobium-for-superconducting-rf-cavities-ocds-h6vhtk-038412#tl-md)

## Description
Supply of high purity Niobium material for the production Super-conducting RF (SRF) cavity semi-finished form. Four Groups of material are identified, and orders may require material from one or more Groups Full technical specifications for each Group are identified within the Specification Document on the Delta eSourcing tool. • Group A – ESS specification discs • Group B – ESS specification non-disc materials • Group C – PIP-II specification discs • Group D – PIP-II specification non-discs

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** Supply of high purity Niobium material for the production Super-conducting RF (SRF) cavity semi-finished form. Four Groups of material are identified, and orders may require material from one or more Groups
Full technical specifications for each Grou...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Niobium Framework (active)
  - Award id: `013445-2023-UKRI-2212-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Marphil International**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-82495`
  - Value: £3,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Niobium Framework (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 02/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013445-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-11T11:05:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T10:59:56.776Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038412