Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Maskless Laser Lithography System
Authority: Cardiff University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) intends to procure a maskless laser lithography system to support essential expansion of its capability
CPV: Electrical equipment and apparatus
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jan 2026, 08:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Mar 2026, 09:04 GMT
- Authority reference
CU.2120.RR- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020187- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061176Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
ICS has undertaken a technical review of the market and believes that only one supplier Raith can provide a maskless laser lithography system meeting these combined requirements for stage precision, stitch free wafer scale patterning, and proven sub 20 nm optical to electron beam overlay accuracy. No other commercially available maskless optical system is known to provide these capabilities.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Jan 2026 → 6 Mar 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published266 days ago29 Jan 2026, 08:11 GMT
- Market engagement252 days ago11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Please email: [email protected] by 10th of February 2026
- Next notice expected240 days ago23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts237 days ago27 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends232 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published230 days ago6 Mar 2026, 09:04 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Jan 2026, 08:11 GMTUK2
- Transparency notice published20 Feb 2026, 15:36 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete20 Feb 2026, 15:36 GMT
- Procurement method changed20 Feb 2026, 15:36 GMT
- Contract award notice published20 Feb 2026, 15:50 GMTUK6
- Buyer details updated20 Feb 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Contract signature expected4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 Mar 2026, 09:04 GMTUK7
- Buyer details updated6 Mar 2026, 09:04 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 29 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raith GmbHSME4 Mar 2026 – 5 Mar 2027 | €478,290 | 20 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Purchase of maskless laser lithography system · Raith GmbHSME
- Signed
- 5 Mar 2026
- Value
- €478,290
- Period
- 5 Mar 2026 – 6 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Raith GmbHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender