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# sSNOM Upgrade for University of Manchester

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ssnom-upgrade-for-university-of-manchester-ocds-h6vhtk-047d59). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Physical Laboratory: "sSNOM Upgrade for University of Manchester". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [National Physical Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-physical-laboratory-gov-pc1387)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047d59`

## 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/ssnom-upgrade-for-university-of-manchester-ocds-h6vhtk-047d59#tl-md)

## Description
Upgrade enabling time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy for cryogenic THz-TDS near-field measurements. The pump laser must be synchronized with the existing THz-TDS spectroscopy and cryogenic near-field systems. The upgrade includes a laser amplifier unit with free-space coupled optical output at 780nm, 100MHz rep rate, pulse energy >1.3nJ, >140mW output power, and customized fiber patch cord for temporal overlap of pump-probe pulses. Additionally, a transmission module enables static pump-probe measurements in transmission, where the sample is pumped via a diffraction-limited beam from the bottom and probed by amplitude- & phase-resolved near-field measurements (pseudo-heterodyne detection) from the top.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Upgrade for cryo-neaSCOPE+xs s-SNOM system can only be provided by the base system’s manufacturer – attocube systems AG.
Needs and requirements include:
1.	Ultra-fast spectroscopy software module for THz-TDS
•	Enables pump-probe spectroscopy for THz-...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 021633-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **attocube system AG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118469`
  - Value: €262,370 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 021633-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: €262,370
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021633-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-15T10:51:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:57:40.037Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047d59