The Provision Of 128 DUNE APA Stainless Steel Frames

A Contract Award Notice
by UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Products)
Duration
4 year
Value
£2M
Sector
CONSTRUCTION
Published
14 Jan 2022
Delivery
11 Jan 2022 to 31 Oct 2025
Deadline
10 Jan 2022 00:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

1 supplier

Description

The DUNE Anode Plane Assemblies (APAs) will form the major part of the DUNE far site detector. We are finishing the prototype APAs for installation in a cryostat at CERN and preparing for the full production run of up to 128 APAs. The APAs are composed of large stainless steel metal frames and made of thousands of turns of wire, roughly 24 kilometres for each APA. It's an engineering challenge to wind the wire around the frames and build the wire chambers. A fully assembled frame is expected 'in spec' with all the associated documents or 'doc pack' including material certificates, ITP (Inspection Test plan), mechanical inspections, NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) etc. Full qualification (inspection) by ourselves will be needed in the first batch of two frames. This will include visual inspection, an inspection of holes and machined parts and welding quality. The company will allow us access to do these qualification checks.

Award Detail

1 Durham Sheet Metal Works (South Shields)
  • Value: £2,500,000

CPV Codes

  • 44142000 - Frames

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

Please follow this link to view the notice https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=657457568

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