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Design, Manufacture, and Installation of Air Skate for 50-Tonne Concrete Door at Daresbury Laboratory

Awarded 17 Dec 2021

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Awarded17 Dec 2021

Value£91,000.00

SupplierAirgonomics Limited

AgencyUK Research & Innovation

RegionNorth West

CategoryManufacturing & Industrial

Ended 4y 8mo ago3mo term

Awarded 17 Dec 2021Expired 14 Mar 2022

About

UK Research & Innovation awarded a contract to Airgonomics Limited for the design, manufacture, and installation of an air skate system to open and close a 50-tonne sliding concrete door.

The door is required for equipment and personnel access as part of a Radiation Test Facility, a suite of bunkers for accelerator research to be built at Daresbury Laboratory.

The contract, valued at £91,000, was awarded through a below-threshold competitive tender process via the Delta platform.

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