Published date: 16 June 2019

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: 15 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring - 38540000

  • Electronic meters - 38552000

  • Magnetic meters - 38553000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £850,000

Procurement reference

20190616113112-72814

Published date

16 June 2019

Closing date

15 July 2019

Contract start date

16 July 2019

Contract end date

17 July 2019

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

UKAEA wishes to procure a Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) offering a wide range of magnetic, thermal and electrical measurements. It has the following minimum requirements:

- "cryogen free", i.e. operated with a cryocooler;
- Sample environment controls including fields up to ±14 tesla;
- variable temperature insert (VTI) with a calibrated Cernox resistive temperature sensor or direct equivalent, provided with a calibration from 1.4 K to room temperature
- Measurement temperature range at least between 2 and 300 K
- Time to sweep to 90% of full field less than 10 min, with a thermal load on the insert
- Field homogeneity ±0.01% over 3 cm on axis
- Capable of performing the following measurements:
o Heat capacity
o DC magnetic moment (magnetometry)
o AC susceptibility
o DC and AC electrical properties
- A sample rotator to perform a measurement with the field at different angles

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Rob Harries-Harris

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235468035

Email

Rob.harries-harris@ukaea.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority