Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-2131 METIS LMS Small Mirrors
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) is a laboratory within the Science & Technology Facilities Council which is part of UK Research & Innovation. The UK ATC has responsibility within the METIS project to design, build, test and deliver the LMS to our project partners NOVA in The Netherlands.
CPV: Specialist optical instruments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile,…Published value£160,000
The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, will be the world’s largest telescope operating in the visible and infrared wavelength domain. It is part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an inter-governmental research organization.
METIS is an imager and spectrometer for the (ELT), operating at wavelengths of 2.7 micron to around 14 micron.
A subsystem within METIS is the LM band spectrometer (LMS) which will provide high resolution (R ≈ 100,000) over the range 2.7-5.3 micron.
A pre-disperser (a low resolution prism spectrometer) with an exit slit mask is used to define the bandpass within the LM band, acting as an order sorting filter for the echelle. Multiple exposures with rotation of the pre-disperser and main disperser are required to build up a continuous spectrum.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Apr 2022, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Apr 2022, 14:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
UKRI-2131- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009907- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032d50Find a Tender
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindon:-Specialist-optical-instruments./H65TVXM385 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/H65TVXM385 GO Reference: GO-2022413-PRO-19963929
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 May 2022, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 30 May 2022, 15:00 BST
Timeline
13 Apr 2022 → 30 May 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published13 Apr 2022, 14:05 BST
- Submission deadline30 May 2022, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened30 May 2022, 15:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.