Published date: 27 March 2023

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: 28 April 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services - 71600000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£180,000

Procurement reference

BIP770675835

Published date

27 March 2023

Closing date

28 April 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 October 2023

Contract end date

7 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) Instrument is intended for use on the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) mission Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) to study the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. As part of the instrument Proto-Flight Model (PFM) acceptance test campaign, the SXI instrument needs to undergo thermal balance and thermal cycling acceptance testing to demonstrate compliance with instrument thermal performance requirements.

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About the buyer

Address

University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
UK

Telephone

+441162522058

Email

acm26@le.ac.uk