STFC Five Axis Milling Machine

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Supply, delivery and training of a Positional 5 axis universal mill. The Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Technology Department provide planned manufacture of highly specialist items for STFC Science facilities. Manufacturing facilities support all mechanical manufacturing requirements to support the scientific projects on campus and for global science partners. The requirement for this procurement comes from an identified need to develop the service levels currently available, in order to improve upon the support provided to the project customers and partners on site and in the wider science community. The machine will be delivered, located, levelled and commissioned by the supplier. The supplier will provide onsite training within their submission. The machine must be delivered on site at STFC no later than the 30th March 2018. Please refer to the attached Invitation to Quote document for the full specification. About UK Shared Business Services Putting the business into shared services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our customers improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. It is our vision to become the leading provider for our customers of shared business services in the UK public sector, continuously reducing cost and improving quality of business services for Government and the public sector. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. Core services include Procurement, Finance, Grants Admissions, Human Resources, Payroll, ISS, and Property Asset Management all underpinned by our Service Delivery and Contact Centre teams. UK SBS is a people rather than task focused business. It's what makes us different to the traditional transactional shared services centre. What is more, being a not-for-profit organisation owned by its customers, UK SBS' goals are aligned with the public sector and delivering best value for the UK taxpayer. UK Shared Business Services Ltd changed its name from RCUK Shared Services Centre Ltd in March 2013. Our Customers Growing from a foundation of supporting the Research Councils, 2012/13 saw Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) transition their procurement to UK SBS and Crown Commercial Services (CCS - previously Government Procurement Service) agree a Memorandum of Understanding with UK SBS to deliver two major procurement categories (construction and research) across Government. UK SBS currently manages £700m expenditure for its Customers. From the 2nd April 2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications (GSC) classification scheme to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS).