UKRI-2078 Large aperture air-spaced achromatic doublets for the EPAC high energy amplifier

Contract summary

Industry

• Optical instruments - 38600000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£148,486

Procurement reference

BIP719104704

Published date

8 September 2022

Closing date

6 September 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

7 September 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

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.

https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/

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More information

Links

• https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=719104704
• Tender notice
• Please follow this link to view the notice.

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Award information

Awarded date

6 September 2022

Contract start date

7 September 2022

Contract end date

28 February 2023

Total value of contract

£148,486

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Manx Precision Optics

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 2FL
UK

Telephone

+441793442000

Email

STFCprocurement@ukri.org