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UK Research & Innovation

GB-Didcot: UKRI-1306 Molecular Contamination Sampling and Analysis

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71000000 71600000
Value£100k
Awarded11 Nov 2021
Published16 Nov 2021
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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£100ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

RAL Space requires molecular contamination monitoring to support the environmental test campaigns for the majority of space hardware projects, some of which have optical equipment with high sensitivity to molecular contamination; there is no capability in house to provide the service at the limit of detection required by the customers, therefore RAL Space wish to put in place a contract with a supplier who can provide this service.

The Contract duration shall be for an initial period until 31st March 2023, with two optional extensions of 1 year each.

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The Contract duration shall be for an initial period until 31st March 2023, with two optional extensions of 1 year each.

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Stage
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