Published date: 24 November 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 December 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

TW11 0LW

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_248823/905762

Published date

24 November 2020

Closing date

9 December 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

4 January 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

Please note that this is an accelerated procurement and on dispatch of the contract notice for this procurement, tenderers shall be expected to submit their proposals within 15 days. Prior Information Notice was issued to make the market aware of the upcoming tender on 21/08/2020 as per Reg. 2015/1986 (OJEU notice number: 2020/S 165-401553)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The National Physical Laboratory requirement is to expand its current capability of cryogenic microscopy for the study of single-photon emitters.

The requirement is for a closed-cycle optical cryostat that can be mounted on an optical table, and which provides sample translation in three orthogonal degrees of freedom and the use of high numerical aperture (NA) objective lenses for microscopy.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Prior Information Notice - Closed-cycle Cryostat

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 21 August 2020

Links

Additional text

1.3 The Authority is using the LUPC Bravo e-Tendering portal to conduct the procurement process. All Tenderers must register their company via the LUPC Bravo Portal. This can be done via the following link https://lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

Any issues surrounding access and functionality of the LUPC Bravo System must be directed to Bravo Helpdesk on +44 800 069 8630 or email help@bravosolution.co.uk

About the buyer

Address

Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
England

Email

nina.heath@npl.co.uk