Published date: 16 March 2022

Last edited date: 16 March 2022

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: 7 April 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP675919787

Published date

16 March 2022

Closing date

7 April 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

25 April 2022

Contract end date

1 September 2022

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NOTE: This notice was updated on 16 March 2022 for the following reason: The link in the first notice was incorrect - the correct links are as follows:

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/8CRY6F9Y7H

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/8CRY6F9Y7H(The National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) is funded through UKRI and seeks to enhance the UK's global leadership in quantum computing, to help translate UK research strengths into innovation, and enable the creation of the first generation of quantum computers, helping to build a resilient future economy.

The National Quantum Computing Centre aims at building quantum computers which will be made available to end users. Among others, one of the hardware platforms we are developing is based on trapped ions. In trapped ions quantum computing, lasers are used to interact with the internal states of a single and multiple ions. Depending on the chosen ion species and internal states, specific laser frequencies are used. In order to implement operations with lasers, the lasers need to be permanently frequency stabilised.

The standard way to achieve the required stability is to reference each laser to a pair of mirrors - which form a cavity. The distance between the mirrors is fixed in length and can be made to be stable enough to act as the required reference.

This tender is aimed at the purchase of a (single) set of cavities used to stabilise a number of lasers The delivery of the cavities must be before the 1st of September 2022, which is fundamental to the success of the project.

Please follow this link https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=675919787 to review further information.)

More information

Links

Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Tessa Andrews

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
UK

Telephone

01793442000

Email

procurement@stfc.ac.uk