Published date: 15 February 2019

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.


Closing: 1 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Checking and testing apparatus - 38500000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

T/TM018/19

Published date

15 February 2019

Closing date

1 March 2019

Contract start date

29 March 2019

Contract end date

30 April 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

UKAEA is constructing a new facility, the Materials Testing Laboratory, to test advanced materials for use in fusion power or other extreme environments.
As part of this facility we require a microhardness tester for our research. The basic performance parameters of the microhardness tester are set out below:
1. Range of applied loads between at least 0.1 to 1kg.
2. Translatable table with excellent stage resolution and positioning accuracy.
3. Suitable for range of material hardnesses: Machine will be used a range of materials including copper and tungsten metal alloys as well as ceramic materials.
Please see attached documents for further information.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Tom Moore

Address

CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE
ABINGDON
OX143DB
England

Telephone

01235 466 226

Email

tom.moore2@ukaea.uk