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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Provision of a 300mm Capable High Throughput Electron Beam Lithography System

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£7.5m
Awarded25 Jul 2022
Published12 Dec 2022
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£7.5mtotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£8.1m

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University is looking to procure a new 300mm capable high throughput Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) Write Tool for the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, to be used by researchers, students, and the wider UK academic community to provide state-of-the-art nanometer scale lithography service.

The instrument to be procured will directly replace a JEOL JBX9300FS which suffered a failure in 2021 (the removal of which is an optional requirement of this tender).

The user base for the machine is approximately 40 users.

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via the University's electronic tendering portal, In Tend, found at the following address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton/aspx/home

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The University is looking to procure

The University is looking to procure a new 300mm capable high throughput Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) Write Tool for the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, to be used by researchers, students, and the wider UK academic community to provide state-of-the-art nanometer scale lithography service.

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Tenders or requests to participate must

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via the University's electronic tendering portal, In Tend, found at the following address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton/aspx/home.

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4f9eacd1-5a66-4358-a96e-1b111d3961d2
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
2021UoS-0420
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