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# Provision of a 200mm Spectroscopic Ellipsometer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-200mm-spectroscopic-ellipsometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03e1d4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Southampton: "Provision of a 200mm Spectroscopic Ellipsometer". Published status: complete. Published Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Southampton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-southampton-urn-133879)
- **Published Value:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 August 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Measuring instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £258,830 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03e1d4`

## 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/provision-of-a-200mm-spectroscopic-ellipsometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03e1d4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofsouthampton%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-200mm-spectroscopic-ellipsometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03e1d4#participate

## Description
The SNC (Southampton Nanofabrication Centre) wants to purchase a Spectroscopic Ellipsometer capable of handling 200mm wafers. Spectroscopic Ellipsometery is an essential characterisation technique for the facility and is used daily to rapidly qualify the majority of all lithographic, deposition, and etch processing. Throughput, measurement speed, and sample flexibility are important factors to this procurement.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** The SNC (Southampton Nanofabrication Centre) wants to purchase a Spectroscopic Ellipsometer capable of handling 200mm wafers. Spectroscopic Ellipsometery is an essential characterisation technique for the facility and is used daily to rapidly qualify...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029372-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Quantum Design UK and Ireland Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178728`
  - Value: £258,830 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029372-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £258,830
  - Signed Date: 01/10/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029372-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-05T10:17:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T07:41:48.388Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03e1d4