Published date: 21 August 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: 20 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Lasers - 38636100

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

SC7574/19

Published date

21 August 2019

Closing date

20 September 2019

Contract start date

14 February 2020

Contract end date

14 September 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply and installation of two full octave spanning frequency combs stabilised to vibration insensitive optical cavities, to the University of Birmingham. These will be used to characterise an rf sensor requiring ultralow phase noise. Each unit should be portable and preferably capable of operating while being mobile.
Each unit should contain: i) A femtosecond fibre laser with an appropriate spectral broadening; ii) Stabilised the repetition rate and the CEO frequency or no CEO; iii) Compact and force insensitive, high finesse optical cavity providing subHz to 1Hz linewidth; and iv) and a suitable user software, PC and display for system control and data acquisition.
Overall budget for this item is up to £613,333.33 + VAT, delivery to and installation within the appointed laboratories at University of Birmingham, training, manuals and warranties over the length of the Hub grant.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

ADMINISTRATOR Harrison

Address

Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 414 8541

Email

p.e.harrison@bham.ac.uk