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Published 23 Oct 2025, 11:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI 5258 2x PIP-II HB650 Cryogenic Piping sets for HB650 Cryomodule

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£350,000≈ £175k / year · £420,000 inc. VAT21.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 27 Nov 2025awarded 9 Dec 2025
Award (standstill) to Wuxi Creative Technologies ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 6 Jan 2028 · starts 6 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Manufacturer shall provide all materials necessary to fabricate complete deliverables. The

Manufacturer shall provide manufacturing engineering services required to generate internal shop drawings

and all documentation needed to manage and support their suppliers. The Manufacturer shall provide all

labour to assemble, test, and supervise the manufacture of all components regardless of where these are

made within the manufacturer’s plant or in a second facility or sub-contractor. The Manufacturer shall

fabricate jigs and fixtures to ensure ports, brackets, and other important components are maintained to

specified tolerances. Any information of a proprietary nature must be identified in the bid response.

CPV: Particle accelerators

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrsSMEPublished value£350,000
Contract period: 6 Jan 2026 – 6 Jan 2028 (2 yrs)Value: £350,000 exc. VAT · £420,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
31643000 Particle accelerators

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 Oct 2025, 11:43 BST
Last source update
15 Dec 2025, 08:17 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 12 Dec 2025
Authority reference
UKRI 5258
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067749
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Particle accelerators
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d24d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
27 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
13 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

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Timeline

23 Oct 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published367 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 11:43 BST
  2. Clarification questions by346 days ago
    13 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline332 days ago
    27 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Assessment summaries sent318 days ago
    11 Dec 2025
  5. Award decision expected by316 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  6. Latest notice published314 days ago
    15 Dec 2025, 08:17 GMT
  7. Standstill ends304 days ago
    24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract starts292 days ago
    6 Jan 2026

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Oct 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Oct 2025, 11:43 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    15 Dec 2025, 08:17 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    15 Dec 2025, 08:17 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £273,5661 award exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wuxi Creative Technologies ltd6 Jan 2026 – 6 Jan 2027£273,5669 Dec 2025standstill to 24 Dec 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders00—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Wuxi Creative Technologies ltdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYBQ-3577-DQNG Xin Yinqiao village Qianzhou Huishan, Wuxi Jiangsu, CN, 214181, CNContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender