Published date: 28 March 2024
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Awarded contract (published 10 June 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Instruments for measuring quantities - 38340000
Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000
Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring - 38540000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£115,000
Procurement reference
tender_413363/1337825
Published date
28 March 2024
Closing date
9 May 2024
Closing time
1pm
Contract start date
10 June 2024
Contract end date
31 March 2026
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.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The equipment will form part of the wider Quantum and Soft Matter (QSM) research theme's capabilities in the School of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, at the University of Bristol. The QSM theme is recognised as one of the UK's leading centres in the study of quantum materials - notably exotic / high temperature superconducting and magnetic materials. Research in the QSM theme has attracted significant research income over the last decades, including a helium liquefier, a range of 'wet' cryogenic systems, as well as hosting a Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics. Given the recent challenges around the price and availability of helium globally, this turn-key closed-cycle system will provide a key additional level of flexibility and fast-turnaround for sample screening and basic characterisation, before utilising lower temperature and/or higher magnetic field measurements either in Bristol or at a range of facilities worldwide.
The equipment is comprised of two main components: (1) a state-of-the-art closed cycle cryostat with base temperature better than 1.8 K; (2) a superconducting magnet capable of applying fields in excess of 7 Tesla with high uniformity to a sample stage mounted inside the cryostat.
About the buyer
Address
4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England
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