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# Hawkeye combination cloud spectrometer probe

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hawkeye-combination-cloud-spectrometer-probe-ocds-h6vhtk-03b2b8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: "Hawkeye combination cloud spectrometer probe". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-manchester-urn-133842)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Detection and analysis apparatus, Spectrometers
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £301,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b2b8`

## 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/hawkeye-combination-cloud-spectrometer-probe-ocds-h6vhtk-03b2b8#tl-md)

## Description
This purchase was for a bespoke instrument from the MLU-P-066 "Ice microphysics" proposal, specifically a "Hawkeye" combination cloud probe, which has been endorsed by the FAAM
(Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements), Cloud Instrument Working Group (CIWG) which are a panel of experts in the science of cloud microphysics measurement and
instrumentation using research aircraft.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38433000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The "Ice Microphysics" proposal is to install several complementary state-of-the-art instruments, these bespoke instruments are already: fully developed; installed/ certified/
tested and have flown on world leading research aircraft in Europe and the...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Hawkeye combination cloud spectrometer probe (active)
  - Award id: `007409-2023-2023-2011-CCSP-KB-PC-CJ-VEAT-1`
  - Supplier(s): **SPEC Inc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-77472`
  - Value: £301,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Hawkeye combination cloud spectrometer probe (active)
  - Award id: `008757-2023-2023-2011-CCSP-KB-PC-CJ-VEAT-1`
  - Supplier(s): **SPEC Inc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-77472`
  - Value: £301,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Hawkeye combination cloud spectrometer probe (active)
  - Signed Value: £301,000
  - Signed Date: 24/03/2023

- **Contract:** Hawkeye combination cloud spectrometer probe (active)
  - Signed Value: £301,000
  - Signed Date: 14/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008757-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-27T07:46:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:37:32.597Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b2b8