Notice Information
Notice Title
UKRI-4347 Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generators, Carbon Towers and Associated Services
Notice Description
UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generators, Carbon Towers and Associated Services. The site address for delivery of the goods and/or services is are as follows: a.Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX b.STFC Chilbolton Observatory, Drove Road, Chilbolton, SO20 6BJ c.The Cosener's House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD The estimated value of the opportunity is PS2,060,000.00 excluding VAT across a potential 4 year term, broken down approximately as follows: Planned Preventative Maintenance: up to PS105,000.00 per year Reactive and Remedial Works: up to PS400,000.00 per year Estimate of new assets in new buildings/assets through contract term in new areas: PS10,000.00 per year. Projects works: up to PS10,000 per year Total spend: PS515,000.00 per year The Contract duration shall be for a period of 3 years with option to extend on an annual basis for a further 1 year (3+1) from commencement of the Contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generators, Carbon Towers and Associated Services. The site address for delivery of the goods and/or services is are as follows: a.Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX b.STFC Chilbolton Observatory, Drove Road, Chilbolton, SO20 6BJ c.The Cosener's House, 15-16 Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JD The estimated value of the opportunity is PS2,060,000.00 excluding VAT across a potential 4 year term, broken down approximately as follows: Planned Preventative Maintenance: up to PS105,000.00 per year Reactive and Remedial Works: up to PS400,000.00 per year Estimate of new assets in new buildings/assets through contract term in new areas: PS10,000.00 per year. Projects works: up to PS10,000 per year Total spend: PS515,000.00 per year We are looking to contract with a specialist (assets relevant) maintenance supplier who has technical capability to deliver all aspects of the services. Ideally, they should have the direct in-house labour to be able to maintain a variety of asset categories and asset types. The RAL contains multiple buildings and engineer retained knowledge consistency is key to access and the supplier's contractual success.
Renewal: This contract is for 3 years, with an optional extension of one year starting from 28th April 2024 and the agreement shall be in place until 27th April 2028 with an optional extension until 27th April 2029. Note that the optional extension is not guaranteed.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e4d2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030355-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50530000 - Repair and maintenance services of machinery
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,060,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,060,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 27 Apr 2025 - 27 Apr 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
- Contact Name
- STFC Procurement
- Contact Email
- stfcprocurement@ukri.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 7565200218
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN2 1FL
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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