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title: "UKRI-3147 Procurement of Helium Compressor for LBNF Target"
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# UKRI-3147 Procurement of Helium Compressor for LBNF Target

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-3147-procurement-of-helium-compressor-for-lbnf-target-ocds-h6vhtk-044840). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-3147 Procurement of Helium Compressor for LBNF Target". Published status: active. Published Value: £230,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Apr 2024, 14:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** £230,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 April 2024 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Gas compressors, Helium
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044840`

## 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-3147-procurement-of-helium-compressor-for-lbnf-target-ocds-h6vhtk-044840#tl-md)

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 24111300
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £230,000

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008077-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-13T16:05:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:37:37.391Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044840