Notice Information
Notice Title
Equipment Cabinets and Enclosures
Notice Description
Dstl has a requirement for the design, assembly and supply of a number of a 31U high 19 inch equipment cabinets, each containing seven electronic enclosures, and separately a Human Computer Interface (HCI), all built to a defined specification that will be provided with the full SOR. The cabinet and enclosures are intended for use by the MOD and are to be designed to meet defence standards in accordance with DEFSTAN 08-107 Iss3. The equipment shall be designed to meet environmental criteria and will need to be subjected to EMC and environmental testing (temperature & vibration) in accordance with DEFSTAN 59-411 and 08-123. The internal enclosures will consist of five custom electronic enclosures each with a design provided by Dstl but for the supplier to design the mechanical layout and wiring assembly arrangements; space for a 9U processing chassis provided by Dstl; and a chilled water heat exchanger. The cabinet will need to be designed for two modes for cooling the equipment to account for the different environments that the system can be operated in. Either air cooled - air flows into and out of the cabinet therefore expelling wild heat into the surrounding area. Or chilled water cooling - air recirculates inside the cabinet to cool the enclosures, but heat is taken out of the cabinet by chilled water heat exchangers.
Planning Information
One supplier contacted to help identifysuppliers that may be able to supply the goods and services require
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050470
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059487-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
-
- CPV Codes
31720000 - Electromechanical equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,649,818 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,649,818 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Apr 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 17 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Sep 2025 - 31 Oct 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- sp3_commercial_team@dstl.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SALISBURY
- Postcode
- SP4 0JQ
- Post Town
- Salisbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK72 Wiltshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Wiltshire
- Electoral Ward
- Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley
- Westminster Constituency
- Salisbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059487-2025
25th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050125-2025
20th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015834-2025
17th April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015726-2025
17th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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