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title: "UKRI-1658 METIS - LM Band Spectrometer (LMS), Three Mirror Anastigmat (TMA)"
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# UKRI-1658 METIS - LM Band Spectrometer (LMS), Three Mirror Anastigmat (TMA)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-1658-metis-lm-band-spectrometer-lms-three-mirror-anastigmat-tma-ocds-h6vhtk-02eef8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-1658 METIS - LM Band Spectrometer (LMS), Three Mirror Anastigmat (TMA)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Dec 2021, 11:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221)
- **Published Value:** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 December 2021 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Spectrometers
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £463,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02eef8`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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/ukri-1658-metis-lm-band-spectrometer-lms-three-mirror-anastigmat-tma-ocds-h6vhtk-02eef8#tl-md)

## Description
The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) is a laboratory within the Science & Technology Facilities Council which is part of UK Research & Innovation. The UK ATC has responsibility within the METIS project to design, build, test and deliver the LMS to our project partners. Within the LMS is a Three Mirror Anastigmat (TMA) which is the subject of this tender. The UK ATC intends to procure it as a “build to print” system with the UK ATC carrying out the design according to manufacturing advice and constraints given by the Supplier.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £600,000
- **Description:** A pre-disperser (a low resolution prism spectrometer) with an exit slit mask is used to define the bandpass within the LM band, acting as an order sorting filter for the echelle. Multiple exposures with rotation of the pre-disperser and main disperse...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001738-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Contour Metrological and Manufacturing Inc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-41467`
  - Value: £463,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001738-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £463,000
  - Signed Date: 14/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001738-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-20T16:15:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T02:50:21.559Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02eef8