Procurement

This procurement concerns the purchase of 194 thermally controlled and thermally insulated cabinets fitted inside existing 19-inch racks.
This document outlines the requirements for the cabinet of the Receiver Unit inside an existing 20-foot container. EISCAT_3D is based on 228 20-feet containers in total, whereas only 37 of those are fully populated with both Receivers and Transmitters – the remaining containers are only populated with the Receiver that fits in parts of one 19-inch rack.
The electronics in the containers require a thermally controlled environment, and the current design only allows the entire container to be controlled. For cost saving reasons, we want to limit the heating requirements in the receive-only containers by introducing a temperature-controlled cabinet for the receivers – and leaving the rest of the volume in the container unregulated.

There are four procurement objects in the enquiry:

Procurement object 1 – One (1) cabinet delivered to HQ in Kiruna (for verification)
Procurement object 2 – Fifty-five (55) cabinets delivered to the Swedish site in Kaiseniemi
Procurement object 3 – Fifty-five (55) cabinets delivered to the Finnish site in Karesuvanto
Procurement object 4 – Eighty-three (83) cabinets delivered to the Norwegian site in Skibotn

You can find the the full procurement text here.

Closing date for offers: 21 March 2025.

Updates

2025-02-18 Tender opened
2025-03-24 Start of bids evaluation phase