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UKRI-5581 Vacuum valves for ISIS RIKEN solenoid upgrade
Published 22 Dec 2025
22 Dec 2025
- Primary CPV
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42124320 *
Parts of vacuum pumps
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Swindon, South West
- Value
- £32,691
- Contract
-
3 months Duration
23/12/2025 31/03/2026
- Contract Types
-
42 *Industrial machineryFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom · UKK14
Contact
William Garvey
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
42124320 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: C0688
purchasing new vacuum valves for the ISIS RIKEN Solenoid Upgrade project.
These valves are a critical part of this upgrade project and are essential for ensuring that parts of the beamline can be isolated during maintenance or in scheduled shutdowns to minimise equipment downtime and thereby ensure ISIS operations are not compromised.
The existing system uses vacuum valves supplied by VAT. VAT are also the manufacturer of these valves.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 42124320 — Parts of vacuum pumps (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Goods
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Main category
- Goods
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 22 Dec 2025 11:14
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fb51
- Notice ID
- C0688
Organisations on this notice
Supplier SME
Edmund House, Rugby Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 6EL, United Kingdom
+44 1926 452 753
Full notice record
49 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Polaris House |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK14 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Name | William Garvey |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | william.garvey@ukri.org |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | https://www.ukri.org/ |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | VAT Vacuum Products Ltd |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Edmund House, Rugby Road |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Leamington Spa |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | CV32 6EL |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG13 |
| Party 2 › Contact › Email | ian.andrews@vatgroup.com |
| Party 2 › Contact › Telephone | +44 1926 452 753 |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Link | http://www.vatgroup.com |
| Party 2 › Business size | sme |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
Buyer
| Name | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) |
Tender
| Title | UKRI-5581 Vacuum valves for ISIS RIKEN solenoid upgrade |
| Description | purchasing new vacuum valves for the ISIS RIKEN Solenoid Upgrade project. These valves are a critical part of this upgrade project and are essential for ensuring that parts of the beamline can be isolated during maintenance or in scheduled shutdowns to minimise equipment downtime and thereby ensure ISIS operations are not compromised. The existing system uses vacuum valves supplied by VAT. VAT are also the manufacturer of these valves. |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Below threshold - without competition |
| Lot › Status | complete |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Category | goods |
| Supplier › Name | VAT Vacuum Products Ltd |
| Item › CPV › Description | Parts of vacuum pumps |
Contracts
| Title | UKRI-5581 Vacuum valves for ISIS RIKEN solenoid upgrade |
| Status | active |
| Contract period › Start | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period › End | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £39,228.72 |
| Value › Value | £32,690.60 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Above threshold | No |
| Signed | 22 Dec 2025 |
| Document › Document type | Contract notice |
| Document › Description | Contract details notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085298-2025 |
| Document › Published | 22 Dec 2025 |