UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · Awarded contract

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Supply of Movable Stages for APA Winding Machines for DUNE Experiment

Awarded 01 Nov 2019

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Awarded01 Nov 2019

Value£117,584.16

SupplierHepco Motion

AgencyUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

RegionUnited Kingdom

CategoryResearch & Development

Ended 6y 7mo ago5mo term

Awarded 1 Nov 2019Expired 30 Mar 2020

About

UK Shared Business Services Limited awarded a contract to Hepco Motion for the purchase of movable stages to construct winding machines used to build Anode Plane Assemblies (APAs) for the DUNE experiment.

These APAs are large steel frames with thousands of tiny wires wound around them, and the UK will build half of them (150 out of 300), with the other half built in the US using identical winding machines.

The contract was concluded via the negotiated procedure without prior publication under Article 32(2)(a) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, following a full open tender in July 2019 (ref FM19187) that received no compliant bids, demonstrating a limited supply base for this niche product.

The contract value is AUD 117,584.16.

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