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Supply, Delivery and Installation of Wafer-Level Optical Tester

goods
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Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Scotland (UKM82)
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Published value
£788,000
Submission deadline 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: University of Strathclyde: "Supply, Delivery and Installation of Wafer-Level Optical Tester". Published status: active. Published value: £788,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.
Contracting AuthorityUniversity of StrathclydeScope & CategoriesGOODS (1 lot)Submission Window
13h left
7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission Gateway
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)
www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Legal Basis & Regime32014L0024 · Open procedureEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£788,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: University of Strathclyde
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Published history for University of Strathclyde. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Competition Density
2.6Bids / Report
54.9% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 53 active published awards; 51 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityUniversity of Strathclyde
Procedure methodOpen procedure
Procurement categorygoods
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisCELEX · 32014L0024
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesen
Published5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
Last source update5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
Recurring procurementNo
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dbfb
How to participate
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Submission method{"electronicSubmission"}
Electronic submissionNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Submission languagesen
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
E-Sourcing Portal
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)
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Submission instructions
https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html
What is being bought
Background The UK urgently requires a sovereign, open-access advanced semiconductor packaging capability to close a well-evidenced market failure. Today, UK innovators in photonics and power electronics rely on overseas Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facilities for scaling to volume packaging, which fragments the supply chain, extends lead times, increases Intellectual Property (IP) leakage risk, and exposes critical technologies to geopolitical disruption. The National Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging (NCASP) is the missing link that converts research excellence into manufacturable products. NCASP is creating an integrated, industry-led scale-up facility that connects UK device design to domestic, high-volume packaging, test and metrology – reducing time-to-market and anchoring value onshore. Description The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for wafer-level optical tester(s) capable of performing characterization of both surface-emitting Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser arrays and silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £788,000
    5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
    5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published valueNot published
    Background The UK urgently requires a sovereign, open-access advanced semiconductor packaging capability to close a well-evidenced market failure. Today, UK innovators in photonics and power electronics rely on overseas Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facilities for scaling to volume packaging, which fragments the supply chain, extends lead times, increases Intellectual Property (IP) leakage risk, and exposes critical technologies to geopolitical disruption. The National Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging (NCASP) is the missing link that converts research excellence into manufacturable products. NCASP is creating an integrated, industry-led scale-up facility that connects UK device design to domestic, high-volume packaging, test and metrology – reducing time-to-market and anchoring value onshore. Description The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for wafer-level optical tester(s) capable of performing characterization of both surface-emitting Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser arrays and silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalThe Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option. · 12 months (if required maintenance and warranty)
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Aug 2026, 10:15 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
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University of Strathclyde

Contracting authority GB-FTS-135284
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