Official UK procurement notice
Manufacture of the C100 sensor
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionC100 is a CMOS sensor designed by STFC, in collaboration with Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI) and the Laboratory of molecular biology (LMB) of the Medical Research Council (MRC)
The purpose is to deliver a wafer scales sensor optimised for cryo electron microscopy at 100keV
CPV: Sensors
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Sept 2021, 09:15 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2021, 09:15 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-1639- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-022613- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dfc4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
The process to fabricate such pixel represents a piece of IP which is the property of Tower Semiconductor. This justifies an SSA under Section 32 the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 since Tower Semiconductor own the IP of the manufacturing process, and no one else can supply a pixel IP of this performance which is compatible with existing STFC IP that can only be manufactured in the Tower Semiconductor process.
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=623120743 GO Reference: GO-2021913-PRO-18896565
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etesian Semiconductor Ltd | £244,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 022613-2021-1 · Etesian Semiconductor Ltd
- Signed
- 26 Aug 2021
- Value
- £244,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ETESIAN SEMICONDUCTOR LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.