Published date: 13 May 2022

Last edited date: 20 June 2022

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: 23 June 2022, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Optical instruments - 38600000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£288,000

Procurement reference

BIP681913427

Published date

13 May 2022

Closing date

23 June 2022

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

25 July 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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

Text to be corrected in the original notice:
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Instead of: 23 June 2022
Time: 11:00
Read New: 30 June 2022
Time: 11:00
Place of text to be modified: Conditions for opening of tenders
Instead of: 23 June 2022
Time: 11:00
Read New: 30 June 2022
Time: 11:00
Other additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
Proposals are sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC, who are part of UKRI) for the supply of large aperture, anti-reflection (AR) coated, air-spaced mounted achromatic doublets for use in beam magnification and relay imaging telescopes for the high energy titanium-sapphire amplifier system as part of the EPAC Project.

The tender documentation includes the technical specification for the air-spaced achromatic doublets. The Specification should be read in conjunction with the associated drawings. The minimum scope of the contract is for the manufacture, polishing, mounting, optical testing, certification and delivery of the mounted doublets to STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. All technical and quality requirements are described in the tender document that are held in the eSourcing portal.

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 2FL
UK

Telephone

+441793442000

Email

STFCprocurement@ukri.org