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Published 23 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5353 LISA 2 ISO 6 Cleanroom Facility

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

WorksAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)
Planned pipeline value£600,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 14 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 moends 31 Oct 2026 · starts 1 May 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) require the fitout of an existing ground floor area within the Villas building on their Edinburgh Campus into a fully functioning ISO 6 cleanroom facility with ancillary support rooms. The existing area is currently occupied by an electronics laboratory, which will be decommissioned, with all existing finishes and services removed as part of an enabling works package under a separate contract.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) require the fitout of an existing ground floor area within the Villas building on their Edinburgh Campus into a fully functioning ISO 6 cleanroom facility with ancillary support rooms.

The existing area is currently occupied by an electronics laboratory, which will be decommissioned, with all existing finishes and services removed as part of an enabling works package under a separate contract.

The new facility will be used to manufacture optical devices which require an ISO 6 cleanroom environment. The devices will be manufactured on the bed of a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). They have a mass which mandates the use of a material handling cart.

CPV: Installation works of cleanrooms

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 6 moSME
Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 (6 mo)
Delivery: ScotlandEligibility: SME eligible
45214631 Installation works of cleanrooms

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
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
23 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
Last source update
24 Oct 2025, 09:45 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-5353
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068043
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Installation works of cleanrooms
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Oct 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published375 days ago
    23 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
  2. Market engagement338 days ago
    28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    UKRI are preparing a tender for the fitout of an existing ground floor area within the Villas building on their Edinburgh Campus into a fully functioning ISO 6 cleanroom facility with ancillary support rooms. As part of our early market engagement, we are inviting interested suppliers to attend a site visit, and presentation to better understand the scope and context of works.

    Details:

    Locations -

    Royal Observatory Edinburgh

    Blackford Hill,

    Edinburgh

    EH9 3HJ

    Optional Dates -

    • Wednesday 19th November 2025 at 14:00
    • Thursday 20th November 2025 at 10:00

    Please confirm your attendance by 17:00 on Wednesday 12th November 2025 to STFC Procurement ([email protected]).

  3. Tender notice expected260 days ago
    14 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts185 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Oct 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Oct 2025, 10:22 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 09:44 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 09:45 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (2)

The change has been made due to the dates provided for site visits had the incorrect weekday against the date.

The change has been made due to the dates provided for site visits had the incorrect weekday against the date.

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

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

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

Official documents & specifications (3)

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