Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4971 Compressed Air and Nitrogen Generator Systems
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Science and Technology Fabilites Council (STFC), wish to establish a contract for the provision of Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generators, Carbon Towers and Associated Services. The site address for delivery of the goods and/or services is:
a. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX
b. STFC Chilbolton Observatory, Drove Road, Chilbolton, SO20 6BJ
c. The Cosener’s House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD
The estimated value of the opportunity is £1,580,000.00 excluding VAT across a potential 4 year term, broken down approximately as follows:
Planned Preventative Maintenance: £185,000.00 per year
Reactive and Remedial Works: up to £200,000.00 per year
Estimate of new assets in new buildings/assets through contract term in new areas: £10,000.00 per year.
Total spend: £395,000.00 per year
The maximum amount UKRI will accept for PPM is £220,000.00 per year. Any bids that exceed this will be deemed as non-compliant.
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CPV: Repair and maintenance services of machinery
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot UKRI-4971PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031342- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05463cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jun 2025 → 16 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published10 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Tender notice expected12 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts16 Aug 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jun 2025, 16:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender