Published date: 21 April 2022

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


Closing: 7 March 2022, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Specialist optical instruments - 38636000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£495,112.92

Procurement reference

BIP684931070

Published date

21 April 2022

Closing date

7 March 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

20 April 2022

Contract end date

19 April 2024

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

The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, will be the world's largest telescope operating in the visible and infrared wavelength domain. It is part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an inter-governmental research organization.
METIS is an imager and spectrometer for the (ELT), operating at wavelengths of 2.7 micron to around 14 micron.
The integral field unit (IFU) is an all reflective image slicing IFU with 28 slices. It is intended that the optical components of the IFU will be manufactured using single point diamond machining to generate the multiple mirror facets on monolithic components.

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Award information

Awarded date

7 March 2022

Contract start date

20 April 2022

Contract end date

19 April 2024

Total value of contract

£495,112.92

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of Durham

Address

The Palatine Centre
Stockton Road
Durham
DH1 3LE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

https://www.ukri.org/
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

+441235446553

Email

Elizabeth.Gage@ukri.org