Published date: 13 April 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 5 April 2022, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Gas cooling systems - 31161200

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£115,000

Procurement reference

BIP683623172

Published date

13 April 2022

Closing date

5 April 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

6 April 2022

Contract end date

1 July 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UK's National Quantum Computing Centre aims at building quantum computers which will be made available to end users. One of the hardware platforms we are developing is based on trapped ions. In trapped ion quantum computing, these ions are trapped on a chip. This chip needs to be located inside a vacuum chamber to avoid the ions being knocked out of the trap by background gas.
The vacuum chamber also needs to provide cryogenic cooling to the ion chip to avoid the chip heating up the ion, as well as to improve the vacuum. It also needs to provide vacuum feedthroughs for various electrical connections that the ion trap chip requires.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

5 April 2022

Contract start date

6 April 2022

Contract end date

1 July 2023

Total value of contract

£115,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ICE Oxford Limited

Address

Avenue 4
Station Lane
Whitney
OX28 4BN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Elizabeth Gage

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

07563420665

Email

Elizabeth.Gage@ukri.org