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title: "HHFTVF Spectropyrometer Purchase"
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# HHFTVF Spectropyrometer Purchase

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hhftvf-spectropyrometer-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-06d1ae). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Atomic Energy Authority: "HHFTVF Spectropyrometer Purchase". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £41,450. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [UK Atomic Energy Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-atomic-energy-authority-gov-pb137)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £41,450 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pyrometers
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hhftvf-spectropyrometer-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-06d1ae#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06d1ae`

## Before you bid
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- **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/hhftvf-spectropyrometer-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-06d1ae#tl-md)

## Description
The HIVE facility uses a unique spectropyrometer, that measures surface temperature without emissivity data and includes uncertainty. We seek another for the HHFTVF facility. This equipment is to be used on a high heat flux test facility which primarily, though not exclusively, uses induction heating to heat metallic samples in a vacuum. The equipment is required to provide a non-contact temperature measurement through a window of the vacuum vessel. The key point is that for the surface of interest, the emissivity, emissivity profile with temperature/wavelength/surface finish etc. is unknown and/or spatio-temporally changing. The equipment needs to measure surface temperature without the emissivity being inputted by the user. We need this as typical non-contact temperature (thermography) measurements require accurate knowledge of the emissivity of a surface to provide an accurate temperature measurement, but we do not have this information for the surfaces of interest. A detailed list of requirements can be seen in the attached documents, which can be downloaded for viewing.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 38413000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 02/09/2026 to 26/07/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F069623-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-23T11:01:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T08:21:24.378Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06d1ae