# UK SBS PR19057 CLARA Linac Windows > Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources. ## Key facts - Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards) - Contract winner: Spinner GmbH - Award value: £76,133 - Tender value: £200,000 - Award date: 1 October 2019 - Published: 11 October 2019 - Contract start: 10 October 2019 - Contract end: 31 March 2020 - Stage: awarded - Procurement category: goods - Notice ID: d575224e-63b9-470f-b345-a584a5c3fd6b-319053 - OCID: ocds-b5fd17-214a1f20-b262-457d-ae4a-c7a512965275 ## Description The final date and time for the submission of bids is 30/07/2019 at 11:00\. DO NOT apply directly to the buyer\. All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal\. Brief Description of Requirement A next-generation light source test facility is to be constructed at the Daresbury Laboratory which will be known as CLARA \(Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications\)\. The aim of the CLARA project is to develop a normal conducting test accelerator capable of generating longitudinally and transversely bright electron bunches and to use these bunches in the experimental production of stable, synchronised, ultra-short photon pulses of coherent light from a single pass FEL \(Free Electron Laser\) with techniques directly applicable to the future generation of light source facilities\. UKRI STFC requires a total of eight RF windows for the CLARA facility\. Each window must be capable of handling RF peak powers of up to 45 MW\. All of these RF systems will be operated at a frequency of 2998\.5 MHz with a pulse width of up to 3 µs and a repetition rate up to 400 Hz\. Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement\. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System\. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ / RFP document\. How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd \(UK SBS\) and Crown Commercial Service \(CCS\), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement\. To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice\. If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email\. Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control\. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 \(Threshold amounts\) Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity\. How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'\. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number \(as provided by Dun and Bradstreet\) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so\. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement\. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk\. Your email must clearly state: • name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • name of the registered Bidder; • name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email\. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite\. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done\. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder\. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event\. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information\. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503 Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section\. ## Related contract awards - [UKRI Penetration Testing Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-02ab3ede-3735-4f6d-a280-5b5eea766387): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [DDaT27528](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c765f543-86ab-4661-9362-bf38722685fb): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [DDaT26469 - Software Asset Management Tool](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-73c83b1e-abd0-4885-af82-243b7a06aa47): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [UKRI- RE22472 - Waveguide section for CLARA Competitive quotation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-59eb06d5-caf9-4f05-b304-40452e67b9b3): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED - [GB-Daresbury: UKRI-1708 UHV DESY Waveguide](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1e97dc4c-8585-4282-8e25-1205e0114066): UK Research and Innovations - [UK SBS PR19056 CLARA Linac Waveguide](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d3a91676-f80c-48f7-999b-e99f6dedfca3): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED ## Source [View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d575224e-63b9-470f-b345-a584a5c3fd6b-319053)