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UK Simons Observatory (SO:UK) Consortium - Small Apeture Telescope Platform (SATP)

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North West (UKD)
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Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: "UK Simons Observatory (SO:UK) Consortium - Small Apeture Telescope Platform (SATP)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTERScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
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Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
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Published5 Sept 2022, 11:35 BST
Last source update5 Sept 2022, 11:35 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSatellite platforms
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0365c0
What is being bought
A Request for Proposals (RFP) was conducted by University of California, San Diego, in May 2018 for a vendor to design and construct small aperture camera platforms for the Simons Observatory (SO) which is a US-led international project to construct a group of CMB telescopes in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It has been designed to address new science challenges, and is due to begin operations in 2023. In order to address its primary science goals, the SO collaboration has designed a single experiment that is unique amongst its peers in the field of CMB studies . The major UK contribution to SO is to specifically build, deploy, commission and operate an array of two small aperture telescopes (the SO:UK instrument) to exactly match the existing (US) SO instrument proprietary plans awarded under Purchasing Agreement SD-18-1025. The UK instrument will form a major component of the SO, providing 50% of its sensitivity to primordial B-modes. The additional sensitivity that will be provided by the SO:UK instrument has the potential to bring a compelling class of inflation models within our reach, for the first time. In building the instrument, we will incorporate a number of innovative features including the first use of a new detector technology (Kinetic Inductance Detectors, KIDs) in a CMB B-mode experiment. In addition to KIDs, the instrument work also includes the development and demonstration of novel meta-material (MM) quasi-optical components and high-performance detector readout technology.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Sept 2022, 11:35 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    5 Sept 2022, 11:35 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    5 Sept 2022, 11:35 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    A Request for Proposals (RFP) was conducted by University of California, San Diego, in May 2018 for a vendor to design and construct small aperture camera platforms for the Simons Observatory (SO) which is a US-led international project to construct a group of CMB telescopes in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It has been designed to address new science challenges, and is due to begin operations in 2023. In order to address its primary science goals, the SO collaboration has designed a single experiment that is unique amongst its peers in the field of CMB studies . The major UK contribution to SO is to specifically build, deploy, commission and operate an array of two small aperture telescopes (the SO:UK instrument) to exactly match the existing (US) SO instrument proprietary plans awarded under Purchasing Agreement SD-18-1025. The UK instrument will form a major component of the SO, providing 50% of its sensitivity to primordial B-modes. The additional sensitivity that will be provided by the SO:UK instrument has the potential to bring a compelling class of inflation models within our reach, for the first time. In building the instrument, we will incorporate a number of innovative features including the first use of a new detector technology (Kinetic Inductance Detectors, KIDs) in a CMB B-mode experiment. In addition to KIDs, the instrument work also includes the development and demonstration of novel meta-material (MM) quasi-optical components and high-performance detector readout technology.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Sept 2022, 11:35 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST · €2,507,689
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
VERTEX ANTENNENTECHNIK GmbH
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
UK Simons Observatory (SO:UK) Consortium - Small Apeture Telescope Platform (SATP)
€2,507,689 · signed 2 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Contracting authority GB-UKPRN-10007798
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  • UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    buyer

    GB-UKPRN: 10007798
    Room G010,John Owens Building, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, UKD33, M139PL
    paul.carter-2@manchester.ac.uk
    +44 1612752207

  • The High Court of Justice of England
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

  • The University of Manchester
    reviewContactPoint

    Manchester, M13 9PL
    procurement@manchester.ac.uk

  • VERTEX ANTENNENTECHNIK GmbH
    supplier

    Baumstraße 46-50, Duisburg, DE, 47198
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Procedure rationaleA Request for Proposals (RFP) was conducted by University of California, San Diego, in May 2018 for a vendor to design and construct small aperture camera platforms for the Simons Observatory (SO) which is a US-led international project to construct a group of CMB telescopes in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It has been designed to address new science challenges, and is due to begin operations in 2023. In order to address its primary science goals, the SO collaboration has designed a single experiment that is unique amongst its peers in the field of CMB studies . The major UK contribution to SO is to specifically build, deploy, commission and operate an array of two small aperture telescopes (the SO:UK instrument) to exactly match the existing (US) SO instrument proprietary plans awarded under Purchasing Agreement SD-18-1025. The UK instrument will form a major component of the SO, providing 50% of its sensitivity to primordial B-modes. The additional sensitivity that will be provided by the SO:UK instrument has the potential to bring a compelling class of inflation models within our reach, for the first time. In building the instrument, we will incorporate a number of innovative features including the first use of a new detector technology (Kinetic Inductance Detectors, KIDs) in a CMB B-mode experiment. In addition to KIDs, the instrument work also includes the development and demonstration of novel meta-material (MM) quasi-optical components and high-performance detector readout technology.