Tender for Vulcan Beamline Compressor Chamber
The Central Laser Facility is looking to purchase a vacuum chamber for use on a new beamline installation on the Vulcan Petawatt Laser.
United Kingdom-Swindon: Vacuum pumps
2020/S 084-199967
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Town: Swindon
NUTS code: UKK14
Postal code: SN2 1FL
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk
Telephone: +44 1793867005
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
UK SBS PR19132 Vulcan Beamline Compressor Chamber
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), a component Research Council of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation, whose goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people – and more broadly to the world.
At its Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), STFC’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) is looking to purchase a compressor vacuum chamber for use on a new beamline installation on the Vulcan Petawatt Laser.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Oxfordshire.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Central Laser Facility (CLF) is looking to purchase a vacuum chamber for use on a new beamline installation on the Vulcan Petawatt Laser. The project is to introduce a new ultra-short pulse laser beamline to the existing Petawatt laser to increase flexibility, enable a new range of experiments and provide an advanced probe for Petawatt laser-plasma interactions.
The Central Laser Facility (CLF) is looking to purchase a vacuum chamber for use on a new beamline installation on the Vulcan Petawatt Laser. The project is to introduce a new ultra-short pulse laser beamline to the existing Petawatt laser to increase flexibility, enable a new range of experiments and provide an advanced probe for Petawatt laser-plasma interactions.
As part of the new beamline both an optical compressor chamber and a final focussing chamber are required for transport and conditioning of the beam. This tender covers the manufacture of the compressor vacuum chamber. The vacuum chamber will be used to house the main compressor optical chain.
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II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
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Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
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.
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Go reference: GO-2020427-PRO-16450154
VI.4.1)Review body
Postal address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Town: Swindon
Postal code: SN2 1FF
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: policy@uksbs.co.uk
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: