--- title: "GB-Swindon: UKRI-3216 Re-Install and Upgrade Alicia 4" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL" published: "2023-09-25" --- # GB-Swindon: UKRI-3216 Re-Install and Upgrade Alicia 4 Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc.json) ## Summary The UK Research & Innovation - Science and Technology Facilities Council has awarded a contract for the project titled "UKRI-3216 Re-Install and Upgrade Alicia 4" in the Sensors category. The procurement stage was an award, with a contract value of £64,300 GBP. The contract period started on July 11, 2023, and ended on September 30, 2023. The tender deadline was July 10, 2023. The contract was awarded to IBS Precision Engineering BV, located in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and the project was delivered at STFC Daresbury Laboratory in the North West region of the UK. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses providing precision engineering services to engage in similar future projects within the scientific research sector. Companies with expertise in building custom-made, automated machinery for high-precision alignment tasks are well-suited to compete. The strategic positioning achieved by the ALICIA-4 machine highlights the potential for technology companies to leverage automation capabilities for innovative projects in collaboration with research institutions and laboratories. ## Notice STFC Daresbury Laboratory in collaboration with the University of York was successful in winning a project to build the silicon tracker detector for the experiment called Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams (R3B). R3B is located at the international facility called Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (FAIR GmbH)), Darmstadt (DE). The project is planning to re-use the ALICIA-4 machine to build the silicon tracker detector for the R3B experiment. ALICIA-4 was originally procured by the project called ALICE Inner Tracking System for CERN (2015 - 2018). This pre-cursor project was delivered as a collaboration between Daresbury Laboratory and the University of Liverpool. ALICIA-4 is a custom-made, automated, pick-and-place machine capable of aligning detectors (i.e. electronic microchips) to an accuracy as high as 5um. The total value of the machine at its procurement time (~2016) was ~300k EUR inc. VAT. The deployment of the ALICIA-4 machine for the R3B detector project allowed the UK to develop a unique selling point within the R3B collaboration. This strategic positioning benefitted from the automation and high precision capability guaranteed by the ALICIA-4 machine. The ALICIA-4 machine needs some functional adaptation work in order to be compatible with the R3B detector layout, and to be compatible with the latest version of the Windows operative system. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96cbdd87-aab3-4a75-8caf-51f0afc16f3c | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 25 Sep 2023 | | Submission deadline | 9 Jul 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 9 Jul 2023 | | Contract period | 10 Jul 2023 - 30 Sep 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £64,300 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £64,300 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL | | Locality | SWINDON | | Post town | Swindon | | Postcode | SN2 1FL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | | ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon | | Local authority | Swindon | | Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney | | Westminster constituency | Swindon North | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | IBS PRECISION ENGINEERING | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 35 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment ### Codes - 35125100 - Sensors ## Release History - 25 Sep 2023 at 14:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96cbdd87-aab3-4a75-8caf-51f0afc16f3c ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96cbdd87-aab3-4a75-8caf-51f0afc16f3c 25th September 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=795100541 Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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