Published date: 22 June 2021

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


Closing: 10 May 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£248,000

Procurement reference

SC8828/21

Published date

22 June 2021

Closing date

10 May 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 June 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

A contract notice was published for this in Contract Finder on 6th January 2021 however the system cannot link this notice to the award.

.SUMMARY OF THE REQUIREMENTS (MAIN DELIVERABLES)
The University of Birmingham invited tenders for supply of a variable temperature cryostat system, for carrying out experiments in condensed matter physics. The cryostat should be able to maintain any temperature between 1.8 and 300 K. Extra points will be
awarded for guaranteed temperatures below 1.8 K. The cryostat system should contain a superconducting magnet that can apply fields of up to 12 T, of either polarity. There should be a radiation shield between the sample space and the magnet, so that the
magnet remains superconducting and able to apply a field of 12 T even when the sample space is held at a temperature of 300 K; this radiation shield is in general the defining
feature of a variable temperature system. The tenderer should supply a power supply for this magnet. The system is to be a dry system, that is, it should operate without replenishment of any
cryogenic liquids. The tenderer is expected to offer all of the pumps, compressors, reservoirs, and filters necessary for operation of such a system.

The tenderer should pay particular attention to the sample space requirements, which are larger than for typical transport measurements.
The system should include three measurement inserts: a standard insert, a sample-invacuum insert, and a helium-3 insert. The helium-3 insert is intended to allow temperatures down to 0.3 K.

This project may be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or;
- European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) or;
- Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils

Award information

Awarded date

10 May 2021

Contract start date

2 June 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Total value of contract

£248,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cryogenic Limited

Address

6 Acton Park Industrial Estate
The Vale
London
W3 7QE

Reference

Companies House number: 02659543

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Susanna Ting

Address

Chancellors Court,Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
England

Email

s.y.thing@bham.ac.uk