# UKRI-3147 Procurement of Helium Compressor for LBNF Target

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £230,000
- Published: 13 March 2024
- Planned start: 28 May 2024
- Planned end: 28 November 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: cc6ef863-2a17-4be3-b536-d961f9f4d1be-731746
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2eecc709-56d1-4329-85be-37bc36c535f3

## Description

The compressor will be used in a closed-loop circuit to circulate helium gas at warm \(non-cryogenic\) temperatures\. The helium is used to remove the c\.25 kW heat load generated in a graphite target in the Long Baseline Neutrino Facility \(LBNF\) beamline at Fermilab, near Chicago\. The target is required to convert a 1\.2MW proton beam into a neutrino beam for the physics experiment DUNE\. The delivery of a suitable compressor to Fermilab, along with other key helium circuit components outside the scope of this document, forms part of UKRI's Capital contribution-in-kind to the international DUNE collaboration\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc6ef863-2a17-4be3-b536-d961f9f4d1be-731746)