Published date: 9 June 2022

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


Closing: 11 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£553,006.75

Procurement reference

tender_297991/1076023

Published date

9 June 2022

Closing date

11 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 May 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

One contract has been awarded to cover two lots as the same supplier was successful on both.

The requirement is comprised of two pieces of equipment (1) a state-of-the-art x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) system with a particular focus on high lateral resolution and depth profiling; (2) an in-vacuum (UHV) transfer system between the new XPS and existing deposition facility, ideally with a small laboratory footprint.

Bristol has an international reputation in fabrication and characterisation of actinide thin films (for studies based on the behaviour of current and advanced nuclear fuels). The FaRMS project will upgrade our growth and characterisation facilities to allow in-situ transfer of newly grown samples to the XPS system. This will be enabled by the UHV transfer system connecting both the sputtering chamber and the XPS system, as well as allowing the sputtering system and XPS system to work independently. Our long-term vision is that this instrument will enable thin layers (from a few nanometres to micron-scale films) of nuclear fuel materials to be fabricated and characterised with a range of techniques within FaRMS and the larger IAC infrastructure.

FaRMS is a member of the National Nuclear User Facility, which aims to provide a service to the nuclear research sector - academic and industrial, with access funded up until March 2023, building a user-base to be financially sustainable thereafter.

Award information

Awarded date

31 May 2022

Contract start date

31 May 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£553,006.75

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Address

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jackie Shaw

Address

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England

Email

jackie.shaw@bristol.ac.uk