Published date: 28 November 2023

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: 12 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

B4 7ET

Value of contract

£1,200,000

Procurement reference

ASTONUNI001-DN700099-16463002

Published date

28 November 2023

Closing date

12 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2024

Contract end date

31 October 2028

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?

Yes


Description

The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) at Aston university is creating a III-V semiconductor fabrication facility. As a consequence, we are seeking a single supplier to provide a suite of plasma processing tools for:

• ICP Etch of semiconductor materials (e.g. GaAs, GaN, InP, GaSb)
• RIE Etch of dielectric materials (e.g. SiO2, SiNx) and metals (e.g. Au, Ge, Cr, Ti, Pt, Pd)
• Deposition of dielectric layers (e.g. SiO2, SiNx)

The full project specific requirements and equipment specification can be found within the project question set on Aston University's e-tendering portal ProContract under Section 11 - Project Specific Requirements.


About the buyer

Contact name

Jacob Rankine

Address

Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1212043000

Email

j.rankine@aston.ac.uk

Website

http://www.aston.ac.uk