Published date: 11 November 2020
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Contract summary
Industry
Electrical equipment and apparatus - 31600000
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000
Location of contract
Wales
Value of contract
£40,000 to £60,000
Procurement reference
ICT-2020-040
Published date
11 November 2020
Closing date
25 November 2020
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
18 December 2020
Contract end date
17 December 2023
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult is looking to create a modular, flexible, accelerated prototype package assembly and test facility for RF, Photonics, and Power compound semiconductor devices, modules and systems. This would allow experimentation, feasibility, proof of concept and small prototype volume build.
As part of the package assembly research and development methodology we are looking to increase our capacity with wire bonding. We currently have a Hesse BJ653 with five bondheads to provide the capability to bond in a variety of applications. This includes fine wire bonding - ball-wedge, wedge-wedge and stud bumping using gold and aluminium wires. There are heavy wire and ribbon capabilities too with aluminium and copper bondwire. While the flexibility of this platform is inline with our current and future requirements it has also become a bottle neck as a number of CR&D projects and commercial activities require access to the system.
The Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult intends to purchase a semi-automatic wire bonder for use at the Advanced Packaging Laboratory at the Innovation Centre in Newport. This will increase capacity and provide additional flexibility to our scheduling for project and commercial activities.
The estimated budget range for the contract is £40,000 - £60,000. This is the estimated maximum value covering related future services and options.
The manufacturer/authorised vendor shall install the system at the Innovation Centre, CSA Catapult, by January 2021.
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To express interest in this opportunity and receive the procurement documents, please email procurement@csa.catapult.org.uk with the reference ICT-2020-040 in the subject field.
About the buyer
Address
CSA Catapult Innovation Centre
Celtic Way Imperial Park
Newport
NP10 8BE
Wales
procurement@csa.catapult.org.uk
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