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UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

UKRI-5543 Cryoplant for the National Cryogenic Facility

Industrial MachineryCPV 42511200
Value£15.0m
Deadline5 Jun 2026
Published8 May 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 8 May 2026ClosedCloses 5 Jun 2026
Who to contact
stfcprocurement@ukri.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£15.0mtotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£16.2m

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.

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The brief

UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of a Cyroplant which has the capacity rated at 2kW at 4K (equivalent to 350W at 2K.), for the National Cryogenic Facility at Daresbury Laboratory.

The cryoplant is to have the capability to provide cooling at 2K, 4K and 20K to multiple users.

This capability has been specified to enable UKRI-STFC to meet requirements identified by all initial users and is scalable to meet varying demand.

This is to expand UKRI-STFCs existing expertise in cryogenics and experience in running a cryoplant as a facility user.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The cryoplant is to have the capability

The cryoplant is to have the capability to provide cooling at 2K, 4K and 20K to multiple users.

02

This is to expand UKRI-STFCs existing expertise

This is to expand UKRI-STFCs existing expertise in cryogenics and experience in running a cryoplant as a facility user.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0604aa
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
042428-2026
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