Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cc4-0a7d-7242-8acb-d600973e1beb/gb-swindon-ukri-3216-re-install-and-upgrade-alicia-4 awarded GB open procedure # GB-Swindon: UKRI-3216 Re-Install and Upgrade Alicia 4 [UK Research & Innovation - Science and Technology Facilities Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-research-innovation-science-and-technology-facilities-council) Estimated value £64,300 Published 25 Sept 2023 Deadline Closed 10 Jul 2023 ## Who can bid - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender STFC Daresbury Laboratory in collaboration with the University of York was successful in winning a project to build the silicon tracker detector for the experiment called Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams (R3B). R3B is located at the international facility called Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research in Europe GmbH (FAIR GmbH)), Darmstadt (DE). The project is planning to re-use the ALICIA-4 machine to build the silicon tracker detector for the R3B experiment. ALICIA-4 was originally procured by the project called ALICE Inner Tracking System for CERN (2015 - 2018). This pre-cursor project was delivered as a collaboration between Daresbury Laboratory and the University of Liverpool. ALICIA-4 is a custom-made, automated, pick-and-place machine capable of aligning detectors (i.e. electronic microchips) to an accuracy as high as 5um. The total value of the machine at its procurement time (~2016) was ~300k EUR inc. VAT. The deployment of the ALICIA-4 machine for the R3B detector project allowed the UK to develop a unique selling point within the R3B collaboration. This strategic positioning benefitted from the automation and high precision capability guaranteed by the ALICIA-4 machine. The ALICIA-4 machine needs some functional adaptation work in order to be compatible with the R3B detector layout, and to be compatible with the latest version of the Windows operative system. Read full description ## CPV classification Sensors Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a0a5d5ea-35b9-41e6-b36a-80f23572adfc) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile UK Research & Innovation - Science and Technology Facilities Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/uk-research-innovation-science-and-technology-facilities-council) [Sector More Security, fire & defence equipment tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/security-fire-defence-equipment) ## More tenders like this [Acquisition of SKYDIO X10D Uncrewed Air System UK4 · Ministry of Defence · 31 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13f01-366f-730a-b17f-28cac2c4edac/acquisition-of-skydio-x10d-uncrewed-air-system-uk4) [Individual equipment – ΔΙΑΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΕΠΑΝΑΛΗΠΤΙΚΟΥ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΥΣ ΑΝΟΙΧΤΟΥ ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΥ · ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΑΝΤΕΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ · 16 days left · 4 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6dc9-73e3-bd1a-4a9f0d3f0fae/greece-individual-equipment-diakhryksh-epanalhptiku-diethnus-anixtu-diagon) [Surveillance and security systems and devices – NABAVA I UGRADNJA SUSTAVA ZA ELEKTRONSKU EVIDENCIJU PRAŽNJENJA SPREMNIKA · Grad Zagreb · 10 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-92a5-7389-9970-6f4a2ce802fc/croatia-surveillance-and-security-systems-and-devices-nabava-i-ugradnja-sust) [Safety vests – Suministro de chalecos de intervención e interiores DGP · Departament d'Interior i Seguretat Pública · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-61b4-724e-ab4e-ff02089e9be9/spain-safety-vests-suministro-de-chalecos-de-intervencion-e-interiores-dgp) [Protective and safety clothing – Feuerwehrschutzkleidung (PSA Leasing + Wäsche) für die Feuerwehren der Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse · Landkreis Wolfenbüttel für die Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse · 35 days left · 24 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-66fb-729f-9dd3-f1985c19c1f5/germany-protective-and-safety-clothing-feuerwehrschutzkleidung-psa-leasing) [Protective and safety clothing – Suministro de 540 trajes especiales de intervención en incendios para el departamento de bomberos, prevención, intervención en emergencias y protección civil. · Junta de Gobierno del Ajuntament de València · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-63bd-724d-bc08-59133ce7ac31/spain-protective-and-safety-clothing-suministro-de-540-trajes-especiales-de)