Official UK procurement notice
734 - Femtosecond Laser · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Aston University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement description734 - Femtosecond Laser
CPV: Specialist optical instruments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The School of Engineering and Physics at Aston University is looking to procure one…Awarded
The School of Engineering and Physics at Aston University is looking to procure one (1) x femtosecond laser system to replace an old Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier laser.
The equipment must:
- be able to produce laser pulses comparable to or better than the current femtosecond laser source which is of 1kHz repetition rate, central wavelength of 800nm , pulse duration <150fs , pulse energy of ~1mJ, M^2 <1.2 , beam diameter of 5mm.
-be able to produce stable laser pulses with root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) <0.5% for pulse to pulse energy within an appreciable long time span ( > 2 hours).
-have user friendly control panel or interface.
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 (3)
- Quality: 65
- Price: 35
- price: 35
Published award criteria (3)
- Price: 35
- Quality: 65
- Price: 35
- Price carries 70 of 135 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 29 Mar 2023, 19:16 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Sept 2023, 10:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 2 May 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN663232- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028469- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b732Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
2 May 2023 → 27 Sept 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened2 May 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published27 Sept 2023, 10:42 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete27 Sept 2023, 10:42 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHERENT EUROPE BV | £230,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028469-2023-1 · COHERENT EUROPE BV
- Signed
- 26 Sept 2023
- Value
- £230,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COHERENT EUROPE BVAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.