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# Dilution Fridge

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dilution-fridge-ocds-h6vhtk-04d43c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Durham University: "Dilution Fridge". Published status: active. Published Value: £333,333. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Jan 2025. Published submission portal: ehjb.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Durham University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/durham-university-urn-133812)
- **Published Value:** £333,333 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 January 2025 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dilution-fridge-ocds-h6vhtk-04d43c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d43c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dilution-fridge-ocds-h6vhtk-04d43c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ehjb.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fehjb.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com%2FfscmUI%2Ffaces%2FPrcPosRegisterSupplier%3FprcBuId%3D300000003996095)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dilution-fridge-ocds-h6vhtk-04d43c#participate

## Description
The Superconducting Quantum Detectors Laboratory requires a Dilution Fridge to expand its work in the area of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs).
To view all open tender negotiations including this one, follow this link: https://ehjb.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/NegotiationAbstracts?prcBuId=300000003996095&_afrLoop=95342440739222388&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=1axe683war&_adf.ctrl-state=rie7esos8_1&_afrFS=16&_afrMT=screen&_afrMFW=1488&_afrMFH=750&_afrMFDW=1536&_afrMFDH=864&_afrMFC=8&_afrMFCI=0&_afrMFM=0&_afrMFR=120&_afrMFG=0&_afrMFS=0&_afrMFO=0

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £333,333
- **Description:** The Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI) is a Research Section in the Department of Physics developing novel instrumentation for a range of scientific applications. The Superconducting Quantum Detectors Laboratory develops single photon countin...
- **Contract Period:** 03/04/2025 to 03/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001709-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-17T14:02:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T05:04:30.520Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d43c