Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4336 A novel detector system for muon spectrometers
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for a novel detector system for muon spectrometers. Due to technical reasons, there was only 1 suitable supplier.
CPV: Spectrometers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement…Awarded
UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for a novel detector system for muon spectrometers. The resulting system has been rigorously tested at the ISIS muon source, and proven to meet the requirements for SuperMuSR. This system is state of the art and world-unique so due to technical reasons, there was only 1 suitable supplier.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Oct 2024, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Oct 2024, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031897- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a5eeFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Since 2022 Nuclear Instruments and STFC have worked collaboratively, combining NI’s expertise in electronics with ours in detector & muon science. The resulting system has been rigorously tested at the ISIS muon source, and proven to meet the requirements for SuperMuSR. Any items from a new supplier would require us to repeat this extensive testing using the ISIS muon beam. This is prohibitively costly in time and staff resource, entirely incommensurate with the SuperMuSR delivery timeline and near-impossible to result in either improved value or improved technological capability.
Publisher note: Procurement Contract Transparency Data: Redacted contract documents will be made available within the next 30 days on the UKRI website at: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/ To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=892788399 GO Reference: GO-2024104-PRO-27921925
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Instruments SRL | €171,188 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031897-2024-1 · Nuclear Instruments SRL
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2024
- Value
- €171,188
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nuclear Instruments SRLAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.