Published date: 20 October 2025

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


Closing: 14 March 2025, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Microelectronic machinery and apparatus and microsystems - 31712000

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

Location of contract

Finland

Value of contract

£250,000 to £4,750,000

Procurement reference

4420/DM/25

Published date

20 October 2025

Closing date

14 March 2025

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 May 2025

Contract end date

1 September 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 EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility (NEF) based at the University of Sheffield has been providing bespoke semiconductor wafers to academia and industry for 45 years. It is a unique world-class centre combining technical excellence and expertise with state-of-the-art epitaxy and material characterization equipment.

We are looking to further enhance our capability provision to the UK semiconductor community, by investing in a new linked dual-chamber Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) System for arsenides/phosphides and arsenides/antimonides growth that is fully automated, capable of 24/7 operation, reliable, and resource-efficient allowing further expansion in the future.

The system is replacing two existing VG reactors capable of 4" wafer growth of high-quality arsenides/phosphides and arsenides/antimonides, and should offer higher throughput thanks to automation of growth recipes for 24/7 operation, and integrated solutions allowing maintenance of critical components (such as ion gauges, cells) without breaking chamber vacuum.

This tender is divided into 2 Lots:
(Suppliers may bid for one or both Lots)

Lot 1 - MBE System
Lot 2 - In-situ monitoring equipment

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Dual-growth chamber Molecular Beam Epitaxy System (2 Lots)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 7 February 2025

Links

Additional text

All tender documents, technical enquiries & tender returns, must be conducted via the In-tend portal, via the link shown above

Award information

Awarded date

4 September 2025

Contract start date

1 May 2025

Contract end date

1 September 2026

Total value of contract

£4,878,210

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

DCA Instruments Oy

Address

Aerotie 6
Turku
20360
Finland

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

DCA Instruments Oy. have been awarded Lot 1 of this tender

About the buyer

Contact name

David Middle

Address

WESTERN BANK
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Telephone

0114 2221560

Email

dave.middle@sheffield.ac.uk