Contract for the Supply and Installation of a RF Spectrum Analyser to the University of Birmingham

Contract summary

Industry

• Spectrum analyser - 38433300

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£67,000

Procurement reference

SC8621/20

Published date

7 January 2021

Closing date

7 September 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 December 2020

Contract end date

12 March 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

The University of Birmingham has contracted for the supply of a spectrum analyser. The frequency range of the RF input should cover 1MHz-25 GHz. A high sensitivity for phase noise measurements is required; when the carrier frequency is 10 GHz, the offset frequency is 1 kHz, the SSB phase noise should be better than -125 dBc(1Hz); when the carrier frequency is 1 GHz, the offset frequency is 10 kHz, the SSB phase noise should be better than -140 dBc(1Hz).

The AM noise sensitivity should be better than -145 dBc(1Hz) when the RF input frequency is between 100 MHz and 1 GHz for 1 kHz offset frequency.

The measurement speed should be better than 10s when span 1 Hz to 1 MHz with the bandwidth in 10% of offset, better than 0.05s when span 1 kHz to 1 MHz with the bandwidth in 10% of offset.

It should be able to measure Allan variance. The measurement range should cover 100ns to 1 000 000s.

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Award information

Awarded date

15 December 2020

Contract start date

17 December 2020

Contract end date

12 March 2021

Total value of contract

£135,641.89

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ROHDE & SCHWARZ U.K. LIMITED

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About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Nobbs

Address

Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
England

Telephone

0121 414 9055

Email

P.K.G.Nobbs@bham.ac.uk