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QUB/2010/21A Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph

Mirrors
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Queen's University Belfast: "QUB/2010/21A Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityQueen's University BelfastScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Queen's University Belfast. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
4Bids / Report
13.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 59 active published awards; 59 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityQueen's University Belfast
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
Last source update24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationMirrors
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02e6bc
What is being bought
This procurement comprises the one-off purchase of a collimator parabola for the HARPS3 spectrograph.HARPS3 will be a copy of the ultra-precise radial-velocity spectrograph HARPS located on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the more recent HARPS-N located on the 3.6-m TNG telescope on La Palma. HARPS3 will be installed at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands and it shall be used for the Terra Hunting Experiment – a 10-year study to find Earth-like exoplanets around our nearest Solar-like stars.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £200,000
    1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 1 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
    1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    1 Oct 2021, 10:03 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This procurement comprises the one-off purchase of a collimator parabola for the HARPS3 spectrograph.HARPS3 will be a copy of the ultra-precise radial-velocity spectrograph HARPS located on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the more recent HARPS-N located on the 3.6-m TNG telescope on La Palma. HARPS3 will be installed at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands and it shall be used for the Terra Hunting Experiment – a 10-year study to find Earth-like exoplanets around our nearest Solar-like stars.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Feb 2022, 09:14 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 9 Feb 2022, 00:00 GMT · £160,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Thales SESO
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph
£160,000 · signed 9 Feb 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 5 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 5 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 4 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 5 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authority GB-FTS-6917
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  • Queen's University Belfast
    buyer
    reviewBody

    University Road, Belfast, UKN, BT7 1NN
    g.wasson@qub.ac.uk
    +44 2890973026

  • Thales SESO
    supplier

    530 Rue Frederic Joilot, 13593 Aix-en-Provence, France , Aix-en-Provence, FRL
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