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# UKRI-2078 Large aperture air-spaced achromatic doublets for the EPAC high energy amplifier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2078-large-aperture-air-spaced-achromatic-doublets-for-the-epac-high-energy-amplifier-ocds-h6vhtk-03487a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-2078 Large aperture air-spaced achromatic doublets for the EPAC high energy amplifier". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jun 2022, 11:00 BST. 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:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 June 2022 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Optical instruments
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £148,486 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03487a`

## Before you bid
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## Description
Proposals are sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC, who are part of UKRI) for the supply of large aperture, anti-reflection (AR) coated, air-spaced mounted achromatic doublets for use in beam magnification and relay imaging telescopes for the high energy titanium-sapphire amplifier system as part of the EPAC Project.
The tender documentation includes the technical specification for the air-spaced achromatic doublets. The Specification should be read in conjunction with the associated drawings. The minimum scope of the contract is for the manufacture, polishing, mounting, optical testing, certification and delivery of the mounted doublets to STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. All technical and quality requirements are described in the tender document that are held in the eSourcing portal.
https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Supply of initial quantities of three types of doublets to the specifications detailed with the ability to purchase additional optics at a later date as described in Section 15 of the specification. A schematic diagram outlining the general design ch...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 025243-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Manx Precision Optics**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178253`
  - Value: £148,486 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 025243-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £148,486
  - Signed Date: 05/09/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025243-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-08T13:05:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:48:54.122Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03487a