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title: "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"
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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

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2010-21a-contract-for-the-manufacture-and-delivery-of-a-parabolic-mirror-collimator-fo-ocds-h6vhtk-02e6bc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queen's University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queen-s-university-belfast-GB-NIC-101788)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 November 2021 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mirrors
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £160,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2010-21a-contract-for-the-manufacture-and-delivery-of-a-parabolic-mirror-collimator-fo-ocds-h6vhtk-02e6bc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e6bc`

## Before you bid
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## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38622000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph (active)
  - Award id: `005108-2022-QUB/2010/21A-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Thales SESO**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-45161`
  - Value: £160,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph (active)
  - Signed Value: £160,000
  - Signed Date: 09/02/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005108-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-24T09:14:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T11:51:19.677Z
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