# UK SBS PR17011 Plant Growth Chamber

> 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: CEC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Award value: £26,888
- Tender value: £26,000
- Award date: 3 March 2017
- Published: 21 March 2018
- Contract start: 6 March 2017
- Contract end: 5 March 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: a28aa486-acf9-4c45-900c-672914ce5eef-206541
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2cb182e4-4acb-4eb8-bc68-ac29e4b89a62

## Description

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 22/02/2017 11:00 HOURS\. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER\. To express your interest in this opportunity email ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk\. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk and follow the link "Register for CCS eSourcing" Chamber Specifications: This chamber is for work with Antarctic and Arctic plants and must be able to run the following program as a minimum: Temperature: 0 °C day and night for a minimum of 12 weeks Lighting: at full lighting, a photon flux density at 0 °C of 1200 µmol photons m-2 s-1 - i\.e\., sufficient to drive photosynthesis in higher plant leaves Special requirement: during the defrost cycle the back heat to the chamber must not exceed a 5 °C increase, and recovery to 0 °C must be within 30 minutes Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services \(UK SBS\) and Crown Commercial Service \(CCS\), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements\. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpssourcing\.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 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: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered Bidder; and the 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 assessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a28aa486-acf9-4c45-900c-672914ce5eef-206541)