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# Optical Microscope Cryostat

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/optical-microscope-cryostat-ocds-h6vhtk-03bc71). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Physical Laboratory: "Optical Microscope Cryostat". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 May 2023, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: lupc.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Physical Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-physical-laboratory-gov-pc1387)
- **Published Value:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 May 2023 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £339,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03bc71`

## 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/optical-microscope-cryostat-ocds-h6vhtk-03bc71#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lupc.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flupc.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fesop%2Fguest%2Fgo%2Fopportunity%2Fdetail%3FopportunityId%3D56064)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/optical-microscope-cryostat-ocds-h6vhtk-03bc71#participate

## Description
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science, and technology available.
The NPL Quantum Materials team provides and conducts state-of-the-art measurement services and research across diverse fields of materials science, which involves the test and evaluation of structural, electronic, and optical properties of materials and associated devices. 
We are extending our capability for delivering world-class metrology and research, and as part of this growth, the NPL requirement is for an optical cryostat for Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and microscopy at low temperature and high magnetic field. 
The purpose is to provide a rich display of external stimuli and perturbations for hyperspectral, correlative, and quantitative Raman and photoluminescence microscopy via the low temperature and high magnetic field capabilities, for the manipulation and study of materials both from a fundamental and applied perspective. This means a significant expansion of the control over the combined parameter space (temperature – magnetic field – electric field – wavelength) for quantum electronic and optoelectronic material metrology.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £400,000
- **Description:** The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science, and technology available.
The NPL Quantum Mater...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Optical Microscope Cryostat (active)
  - Award id: `028512-2023-123407-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Quantum Design UK & Ireland Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178728`
  - Value: £339,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Optical Microscope Cryostat (active)
  - Signed Value: £339,000
  - Signed Date: 17/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028512-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-27T12:39:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T22:32:44.611Z
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