Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-04
Buyer: UK Research and Innovation
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44112000 | 45210000: Building construction work | 45400000
Estimated value: 300000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) require the refurbishment of an existing lower ground workshop area into a fully functioning cleanroom facility.
The new facility will be used to manufacture optical devices which require an ISO 6 cleanroom environment. The devices will be manufactured on the bed of a CMM and stored in a custom storage cabinet. They have a mass which mandates the use of a material handling cart.
UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as may be amended from time to time) (the ‘Regulations’).
The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) require the refurbishment of an existing lower ground workshop area into a fully functioning cleanroom facility.
The new facility will be used to manufacture optical devices which require an ISO 6 cleanroom environment. The devices will be manufactured on the bed of a CMM and stored in a custom storage cabinet. They have a mass which mandates the use of a material handling cart.
This performance specification and related drawings and documents provides the base information to enable a cleanroom design and build specialist to submit a competitive tender for the new cleanroom work.
The cleanroom contractor shall be the main contractor and shall be referred to as the cleanroom contractor within this document. This specification and any scheme design drawings describe the minimum requirements for the proposed development.
The cleanroom contractor shall include sufficient allowances in their tender to complete the design (taking on full design responsibility within their tender) and provide a fully operating installation that will meet the UKATC’s requirements, as outlined in the client specification. The project must be undertaken with a full-time site and project manager to oversee the installation and manage health and safety to comply with CDM regulations.
Specific elements of materials and workmanship relating to the cleanroom design are stated within the client specification .The specification and associated design documentation should be read in conjunction with the UKATC tender documentation and site standards.
The drawings accompanying this specification illustrate the intended layout and design of the required cleanroom. They are not detailed design schematics, and the information provided is design intent and any bidding party will have been deemed to have made their own checks and assessments.
Full details of the specification for the requirement can be found within Appendix B — Client outline specification.
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
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Award value: 300000