Published date: 18 March 2022

Last edited date: 5 April 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: 15 April 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP676890908

Published date

18 March 2022

Closing date

15 April 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

9 May 2022

Contract end date

1 October 2022

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NOTE: This notice was updated on 05 April 2022 for the following reason: Amendment to deadline due to bank holiday clash.(The estimated value of this requirement is £110,000 exclusive of VAT.

The National Quantum Computing Centre aims at building quantum computers which will be made available to end users. Among others, one of the hardware platforms we are developing is based on trapped ions. In trapped ions quantum computing, lasers are used to interact with the internal states of a single and multiple ions. Depending on the chosen ion species and internal states, specific laser frequencies are used. The precise wavelength/frequency of these lasers needs to be calibrated to a high degree to allow them to interact with the ions.
To this end, a high accuracy Wavelength Measurement System is needed which can measure the frequency of a laser with an absolute frequency uncertainty of 20 MHz or below (lower is better).

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-Didcot:-UKRI-2013---Wavelength-Measurement-System-(Wavemeter)/M432223U75

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/M432223U75)

More information

Links

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Tenders must be received on the UKRI Procurement portal Delta, please follow the below links. You will need to register in order to use the portal.

The deadline to submit a tender is 14:00 on the 15th April 2022.

About the buyer

Contact name

STFC Procurement

Address

UK Research and Innovation
Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

01793442000

Email

procurement@stfc.ac.uk