Published date: 3 September 2024

Last edited date: 5 September 2024

This notice was replaced on 13 September 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 13 September 2024)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Lasers - 38636100

Location of contract

M5 4WT

Value of contract

£135,000

Procurement reference

UoS/CF/24/25/QTR1/Laser microlithography equipment

Published date

3 September 2024

Closing date

13 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 October 2024

Contract end date

30 November 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Salford is looking to procure laser microlithography equipment that satisfies the following technical requirements:

• Be able to use ultraviolet light to create bespoke patterns on the surface of a wafer or chip
• Be able to handle small chips in addition to full sized wafers
• Be able to write large blocks of areas in one exposure (for example using a MEMS micromirror array). This means that laser lithography systems that use a single focused laser beam to write patterns pixel by pixel are not acceptable for this purchase
• Be able to align the chip/wafer using registration fiducial marks on the backside of the chip/wafer as well as on the front side.
• Have a minimum feature resolution less than 0.5 um
• Delivery deadline of November 2024

Please send any queries or quotations to o.h.ward@salford.ac.uk by 12 noon on Friday 13th September 2024.

About the buyer

Contact name

Olivia Ward

Address

University of Salford
SALFORD
M54WT
England

Email

O.H.Ward@salford.ac.uk