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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

RE17483 Short-Pulse Seed Source Oscillator Invitation to Quote

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£68k
Awarded26 Jan 2018
Published11 Mar 2018
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£68ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday 26th January 2018 at 11:00am DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement We seek to procure an integrated optical system to act as a seed source for a high energy, diode-pumped ytterbium-YAG (Yb:YAG), chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) laser system.

The source will include of: • A mode-locked oscillator. • Probably one or more optical amplifiers. • A provision to integrate a (customer-supplied) chirped fibre Bragg grating (CFBG) stretcher.

The main components will be connected to each other through optical fibre, fusion spliced where appropriate and connectorised where necessary.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement.

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This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: • the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; • the name of the registered Bidder; • the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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All tender information MUST be submitted through

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

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We seek to procure an integrated optical

We seek to procure an integrated optical system to act as a seed source for a high energy, diode-pumped ytterbium-YAG (Yb:YAG), chirped-pulse amplification (CPA) laser system.

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• A provision to integrate a (customer-supplied)

• A provision to integrate a (customer-supplied) chirped fibre Bragg grating (CFBG) stretcher.

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Your email must clearly state

Your email must clearly state:.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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