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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LTD

UKSBSRE150639 - Helium Liquefaction and associated Warm Gas Recovery System

Industrial MachineryCPV 42511000
Value£1.0m
Awarded27 Jan 2016
Published14 Dec 2015
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.0mtotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£1.3m

This is a large award for Industrial Machinery — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

The brief

STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, has received funding to perform qualification tests and delivery of 84 (+ 4) high- dressed cavities for ESS by the end of June 2020.

The Vertical Test Facility (VTF) in which these cavities will be tested requires a Helium liquefier and warm gas recovery system.

The tests will run for approximately 33 months from August 2017.

The equipment to supply this cooling power is expected to comprise of a Helium liquefier, with a nominal liquefaction rate of 100 l/h with or without LN2 (If LN2 is to be used the installation and operating costs must be offset by a reduction in overall energy consumption) to generate liquid helium at a nominal 4K, 3000l Dewar, and a warm Helium gas recovery system.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The equipment to supply this cooling power

The equipment to supply this cooling power is.

02

Expected to comprise of a Helium liquefier

expected to comprise of a Helium liquefier, with a.

03

Costs must be offset by a reduction

costs must be offset by a reduction in overall energy.

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