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UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Supply and Installation of a 1.8 to 300 K Cryostat to the University of Birmingham

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£248k
Awarded10 May 2021
Published22 Jun 2021
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£248ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

A contract notice was published for this in Contract Finder on 6th January 2021 however the system cannot link this notice to the award. .SUMMARY OF THE REQUIREMENTS (MAIN DELIVERABLES) The University of Birmingham invited tenders for supply of a variable temperature cryostat system, for carrying out experiments in condensed matter physics.

The cryostat should be able to maintain any temperature between 1.8 and 300 K.

Extra points will be awarded for guaranteed temperatures below 1.8 K.

The cryostat system should contain a superconducting magnet that can apply fields of up to 12 T, of either polarity.

There should be a radiation shield between the sample space and the magnet, so that the magnet remains superconducting and able to apply a field of 12 T even when the sample space is held at a temperature of 300 K; this radiation shield is in general the defining feature of a variable temperature system.

The tenderer should supply a power supply for this magnet.

The system is to be a dry system, that is, it should operate without replenishment of any cryogenic liquids.

The tenderer is expected to offer all of the pumps, compressors, reservoirs, and filters necessary for operation of such a system.

The tenderer should pay particular attention to the sample space requirements, which are larger than for typical transport measurements.

The system should include three measurement inserts: a standard insert, a sample-invacuum insert, and a helium-3 insert.

The helium-3 insert is intended to allow temperatures down to 0.3 K.

This project may be funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) or; - European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) or; - Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The University of Birmingham invited tenders

The University of Birmingham invited tenders for supply of a variable temperature cryostat system, for carrying out experiments in condensed matter physics.

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The cryostat should be able to maintain

The cryostat should be able to maintain any temperature between 1.8 and 300 K.

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The cryostat system should contain a superconducting

The cryostat system should contain a superconducting magnet that can apply fields of up to 12 T, of either polarity.

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There should be a radiation shield between

There should be a radiation shield between the sample space and the magnet, so that the.

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Magnet remains superconducting and able to apply

magnet remains superconducting and able to apply a field of 12 T even when the sample space is held at a temperature of 300 K; this radiation shield is in general the defining.

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