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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Development of enhanced glass blown rubidium cells for UK tactical atomic clocks

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£49,500
Awarded
Published17 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide

£49,500 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
HCD Research
Awarded value£50k

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

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Contract value in context
£50ktotal 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

Project to provide UK sovereign capability in both manufacturing the glass blown shapes for vapour cells and rubidium standards for use in atomic clocks.

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Project to provide UK sovereign capability in

Project to provide UK sovereign capability in both manufacturing the glass blown shapes for vapour cells and rubidium standards for use in atomic clocks.

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OCID
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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
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Buyer ref
023846-2026
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