Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5512- Front end laser system for the UPLiFT project
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe procurement is for the supply of a 10 Hz, 30 mJ-class, 1030 nm pulsed laser amplifier system (the “System”), comprising the main amplifier, a fibre-coupled seed laser, and associated ancillary equipment.
The System is required by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to support a prototype demonstrator programme investigating diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) technologies, including assessment of performance, efficiency, and scalability for future high-energy laser applications.
The System will be supplied, installed, tested, and operated at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), UK, and will be used as part of experimental and developmental research activities.
CPV: Lasers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£550,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Quality: 80%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical Quality
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jan 2026, 14:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2026, 14:47 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
C0751- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003155- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0605ccFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
14 Jan 2026 → 26 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published286 days ago14 Jan 2026, 14:47 GMT
- Clarification questions by284 days ago16 Jan 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline259 days ago10 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by241 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts215 days ago26 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Jan 2026, 14:47 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender