✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 7 Oct 2026, 13:56.
Opportunity overview
This tender provides the outline specification for UKRI to contract with a single supplier to supply between six- and eleven-disc chopper drive systems to be purchased within the first year of the call-off contract. Future systems procured under this contract would be based upon this specification, but adjusted to meet the specific project requirements, to be agreed at the project’s preliminary design review. The total volume purchased throughout the duration of the contract is likely to be in the region of 20 systems, but this figure cannot be guaranteed.
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2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
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090699-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
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094693-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
UKRI is seeking one supplier for magnetic-bearing drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers. It expects to buy 6 to 11 disc-chopper drive systems in the first year, with further project-specific systems potentially taking total demand to around 20 over the contract term.
Who this may suit
Best suited to specialist manufacturers or integrators of precision magnetic-bearing drive systems and neutron-instrument/chopper equipment. The opportunity is an open goods procurement.
Key points identified
Supply scopeMagnetic bearing drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers.Evidence: Title: "Magnetic Bearing Drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers"; description refers to "disc chopper drive systems".
Initial order volumeBetween 6 and 11 systems to be purchased within the first year of the call-off contract.Evidence: "supply between six- and eleven-disc chopper drive systems to be purchased within the first year of the call-off contract".
Future system requirementsFuture systems will use the outline specification but may be adjusted for specific project requirements, to be agreed at preliminary design review.Evidence: "Future systems procured under this contract would be based upon this specification, but adjusted to meet the specific project requirements, to be agreed at the project’s preliminary design review."
93% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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UKRI is seeking one supplier for magnetic-bearing drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers. It expects to buy 6 to 11 disc-chopper drive systems in the first year, with further project-specific systems potentially taking total demand to around 20 over the contract term.
Who this may suit
Best suited to specialist manufacturers or integrators of precision magnetic-bearing drive systems and neutron-instrument/chopper equipment. The opportunity is an open goods procurement.
Key deliverables
Supply 6 to 11 disc-chopper drive systems in the first year of the call-off contract
Provide further systems based on the outline specification, adjusted for individual project requirements
Agree project-specific requirements at preliminary design review
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Supply scope
98% confidence
Magnetic bearing drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers.
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Title: "Magnetic Bearing Drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers"; description refers to "disc chopper drive systems".
Initial order volume
98% confidence
Between 6 and 11 systems to be purchased within the first year of the call-off contract.
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"supply between six- and eleven-disc chopper drive systems to be purchased within the first year of the call-off contract".
Future system requirements
97% confidence
Future systems will use the outline specification but may be adjusted for specific project requirements, to be agreed at preliminary design review.
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"Future systems procured under this contract would be based upon this specification, but adjusted to meet the specific project requirements, to be agreed at the project’s preliminary design review."
Supplier model
99% confidence
Single supplier.
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"UKRI to contract with a single supplier".
Supplier eligibility requirements
96% confidence
Unknown.
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No explicit supplier eligibility, financial standing, insurance, location, size, or exclusion requirements are provided in the supplied notice data.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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suitable_for_sme is null.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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suitable_for_vcse is null.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated maximum value
98% confidence
£2,100,000.
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Process value_max is 2100000 GBP; lot 1 value_amount is 2100000 GBP.
Demand estimate
98% confidence
Likely around 20 systems over the contract duration, but not guaranteed.
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"The total volume purchased throughout the duration of the contract is likely to be in the region of 20 systems, but this figure cannot be guaranteed."
Contract duration
99% confidence
Unknown.
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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are not stated.
Delivery
Delivery timing
94% confidence
Initial systems are intended for purchase within the first year of the call-off contract; further delivery dates are unknown.
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"to be purchased within the first year of the call-off contract". No delivery schedule or locations are supplied.
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unknown.
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The only location supplied is identified as buyer location: Swindon, Wiltshire; no delivery location is stated.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procedure
99% confidence
Open procedure.
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procurement_method_details: "Open procedure".
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Open / active tender.
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display_status is "open" and source_status is "active".
Submission deadline
99% confidence
2 November 2026, 14:00 UTC.
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submission_deadline: "2026-11-02T14:00:00Z".
Lot structure
96% confidence
One active lot.
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Supplied lots data contains lot 1 only, with status "active".
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Demand uncertainty
99% confidence
The estimated total volume of around 20 systems is expressly not guaranteed.
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"this figure cannot be guaranteed".
Technical scope variability
97% confidence
Future systems may be adjusted to project-specific requirements agreed at preliminary design review.
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"adjusted to meet the specific project requirements, to be agreed at the project’s preliminary design review".
Commercial and contractual detail
97% confidence
Contract term, pricing structure, delivery schedule, warranty, service requirements and payment terms are unknown from the supplied data.
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These details are not stated in the supplied opportunity record or document metadata.
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