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National Physical Laboratory

ITT_121341 - Cryo-free QHR Fridge

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£160k
Deadline25 Nov 2024
Published10 Feb 2025
RegionUK-wide
Contract value in context
£160ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) requirement is for a refrigerator to house one of our Cryogenic Current Comparators (CCC).

Currently the system is mounted in a dewar of helium to provide the necessary temperature, but this requires refilling periodically and we wish to move to a closed setup which does not need additional cryogens for sustained periods of operation.

The asset must therefore: 1) Allow the existing CCC components to be mounting in the cold space of the fridge.

2) Hold a steady temperature of 4 K or less for a sustained period.

3) Not require any additional liquid cryogens for cool-down or whilst running.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Currently the system is mounted in

Currently the system is mounted in a dewar of helium to provide the necessary temperature, but this requires refilling periodically and we wish to move to a closed setup which does not need additional cryogens for sustained periods of operation.

02

The asset must therefore

The asset must therefore:.

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Source & provenance
OCID
626e69a7-7d92-45d4-8f65-6cd79b3175d9
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
tender_471611/1450733
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