Published date: 27 September 2023

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


Closing: 2 May 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Specialist optical instruments - 38636000

Location of contract

B4 7ET

Value of contract

£300,000

Procurement reference

ASTONUNI001-DN663232-22268023

Published date

27 September 2023

Closing date

2 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

26 September 2023

Contract end date

25 September 2028

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

The School of Engineering and Physics at Aston University is looking to procure one (1) x femtosecond laser system to replace an old Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier laser.

The equipment must:

- be able to produce laser pulses comparable to or better than the current femtosecond laser source which is of 1kHz repetition rate, central wavelength of 800nm , pulse duration <150fs , pulse energy of ~1mJ, M^2 <1.2 , beam diameter of 5mm.

-be able to produce stable laser pulses with root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) <0.5% for pulse to pulse energy within an appreciable long time span ( > 2 hours).
-have user friendly control panel or interface.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

25 September 2023

Contract start date

26 September 2023

Contract end date

25 September 2028

Total value of contract

£230,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

COHERENT EUROPE BV

Address

Utrecht, 3526 KL, Netherlands

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jacob Rankine

Address

Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1212043000

Email

j.rankine@aston.ac.uk

Website

http://www.aston.ac.uk