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# Parabola Refurbishment

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/parabola-refurbishment-ocds-h6vhtk-058275). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** AWE PLC: "Parabola Refurbishment". Published status: active. Published Value: £640,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [AWE PLC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/awe-plc-gov-pb1442)
- **Published Value:** £640,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 September 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Optical instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/parabola-refurbishment-ocds-h6vhtk-058275#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058275`

## 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/parabola-refurbishment-ocds-h6vhtk-058275#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** rdme.procurement@awe.co.uk

## Description
Remanufacture of a short pulse final focusing mirror, remove coating, refinish substrate and recoat.
Two short pulse beamlines require the use of an off-axis parabola (OAP) as the final focusing optic. Due to the optics proximity to target the surface becomes degraded over time due to target shrapnel and condensate from material vaporization.
The optics are 720 mm in diameter and have a specific surface profile and optical coating requirement. They either have a 1 Omega (1053 nm) or 2 Omega (527 nm) high reflectance coating with a specified laser damage threshold at the pulse length of use

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £640,000

- **Contract Period:** 07/01/2026 to 14/12/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F046518-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-10T17:00:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:52:12.881Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058275