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UK Research and Innovation

UKRI-2078 Large aperture air-spaced achromatic doublets for the EPAC high energy amplifier

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38600000
Value£148k
Awarded5 Sept 2022
Published8 Sept 2022
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£148ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

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The brief

Proposals are sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC, who are part of UKRI) for the supply of large aperture, anti-reflection (AR) coated, air-spaced mounted achromatic doublets for use in beam magnification and relay imaging telescopes for the high energy titanium-sapphire amplifier system as part of the EPAC Project.

The tender documentation includes the technical specification for the air-spaced achromatic doublets.

The Specification should be read in conjunction with the associated drawings.

The minimum scope of the contract is for the manufacture, polishing, mounting, optical testing, certification and delivery of the mounted doublets to STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.

All technical and quality requirements are described in the tender document that are held in the eSourcing portal. https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/

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The Specification should be read in conjunction

The Specification should be read in conjunction with the associated drawings.

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