UK SBS PR17104 Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation, whose goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people - and more broadly to the world.

STFC support an academic community of around 1,700 in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy including space science, who work at more than 50 universities and research institutes in the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States, including a rolling cohort of more than 900 PhD students.

The organisation's large-scale scientific facilities in the UK and Europe are used by more than 3,500 users each year, carrying out more than 2,000 experiments and generating around 900 publications.

The combination of access to world-class research facilities and scientists, office and laboratory space, business support, and an environment which encourages innovation has proven a compelling combination, attracting start-ups, SMEs and large blue chips such as IBM and Unilever

The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) is a new national facility for the environmental testing of complete satellites (up to 7 tonnes mass) being built at the Science & Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. This requirement is for the supply of an EMC measurement receiver and measurement software to be used for EMC testing of satellites and sub-assemblies within the NSTF.

The contract will be awarded based on the criteria set out on the sourcing documents.

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