Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-3147 Procurement of Helium Compressor for LBNF Target
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe compressor will be used in a closed-loop circuit to circulate helium gas at warm (non-cryogenic) temperatures. The helium is used to remove the c.25 kW heat load generated in a graphite target in the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) beamline at Fermilab, near Chicago. The target is required to convert a 1.2MW proton beam into a neutrino beam for the physics experiment DUNE.
The delivery of a suitable compressor to Fermilab, along with other key helium circuit components outside the scope of this document, forms part of UKRI's Capital contribution-in-kind to the international DUNE collaboration.
CPV: Gas compressors · Helium
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£230,000
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
- Closed
- 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
- 13 Mar 2024, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2024, 16:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
UKRI-3147- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008077- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044840Find a Tender
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. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindon:-Gas-compressors./6F923MRX95" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindon:-Gas-compressors./6F923MRX95</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6F923MRX95" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/6F923MRX95</a> GO Reference: GO-2024313-PRO-25489313
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
Timeline
13 Mar 2024 → 26 Apr 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published13 Mar 2024, 16:05 GMT
- Submission deadline26 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened26 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationMediation bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.