UKSBS PR16188 – High Speed CNC Vertical Machining Centre.

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: UKSBS PR16188 – High Speed CNC Vertical Machining Centre.
2. Awarding Authority:
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Science & Technology Facilities Council
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Campus, Harwell
England
OX11 0QX
Contact: Peter Clarke
Email: peter.clarke@uksbs.co.uk
Phone: 01235 446795
URL: www.uksbs.co.uk
3. Contract Type: Products
4. Description: STFC is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation, whose goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people – and more broadly to the world.

STFC support an academic community of around 1,700 in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy including space science, who work at more than 50 universities and research institutes in the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States, including a rolling cohort of more than 900 PhD students.

High Speed CNC Vertical Machining Centre.

This tender specification is for a High Speed Vertical Machining Centre.

It will be installed in the STFC Mechanical Workshop within the Technical Facilities group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

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5. CPV Codes:
43800000 – Workshop equipment
38000000 – Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
42621000 – Lathes
6. NUTS Codes: UKJ14
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: South East
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
UKSBS PR16188 – High Speed CNC Vertical Machining Centre.
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: £55,000 to £65,000
10. Start Date: 29/11/2016
11. End Date: 29/11/2016
12. Closing Date: 15/11/2016
13. Other Information:
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About UK Shared Business Services.
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It is our vision to become the leading provider for our customers of shared business services in the UK public sector, continuously reducing cost and improving quality of business services for Government and the public sector.

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UK Shared Business Services Ltd changed its name from RCUK Shared Services Centre Ltd in March 2013.

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Growing from a foundation of supporting the Research Councils, 2012/13 saw Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) transition their procurement to UK SBS and Crown Commercial Service (CSS – previously Government Procurement Service) agree a Memorandum of Understanding with UK SBS to deliver two major procurement categories (construction and research) across Government.

UK SBS currently manages £700m expenditure for its Customers, our growth projections anticipate this will rise to £1bn in 2013/14.

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