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Northumbria University at Newcastle

GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: TeT21/0047 Provision of Thermal vacuum chamber for satellite component testing

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Value£238k
Awarded25 Feb 2022
Published11 Mar 2022
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£238ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

The brief

We require a vacuum chamber with pumps and thermal plate capable of reaching 10-6 mbar pressure, or below, with a thermal control system for the internal volume that allows fixed and cycling temperatures between -35 and +100 degrees C.

The internal volume of the chamber should accommodate a test unit of minimum size 350mm x 100mm x 100mm (i.e. the internal volume should be at minimum 500mm x 300mm x 300mm), however larger internal volume is desirable.

The chamber should have at least one feed through for power and data communications to the device inside such that tests of electronics can be controlled from outside of the chamber.

The system should include any temperature and pressure sensors required for accurate operation.

The system should not require cryogenic cooling or any form of liquid nitrogen supply, and be suitable for installation in a laboratory setting on the second floor.

The system should include all pumping, cooling, command and control devices required for complete functionality.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

We require a vacuum chamber with pumps

We require a vacuum chamber with pumps and thermal plate capable of reaching 10-6 mbar pressure, or below, with a thermal control system for the internal volume that allows fixed and cycling temperatures between -35 and +100 degrees C.

02

The internal volume of the chamber should

The internal volume of the chamber should accommodate a test unit of minimum size 350mm x 100mm x 100mm (i.e. the internal volume should be at minimum 500mm x 300mm x 300mm), however larger internal volume is desirable.

03

The chamber should have at least one

The chamber should have at least one feed through for power and data communications to the device inside such that tests of electronics can be controlled from outside of the chamber.

04

The system should include any temperature

The system should include any temperature and pressure sensors required for accurate operation.

05

The system should not require cryogenic cooling

The system should not require cryogenic cooling or any form of liquid nitrogen supply, and be suitable for installation in a laboratory setting on the second floor.

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