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title: "UKRI-2379 EPAC Front End and Ti:Sapphire Main Amplifier Optiocal Tables"
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# UKRI-2379 EPAC Front End and Ti:Sapphire Main Amplifier Optiocal Tables

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2379-epac-front-end-and-ti-sapphire-main-amplifier-optiocal-tables-ocds-h6vhtk-036587). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UK Research and Innovation: "UKRI-2379 EPAC Front End and Ti:Sapphire Main Amplifier Optiocal Tables". Published status: complete. Published Value: £240,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Oct 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:** £240,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 October 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:** £291,472 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ukri-2379-epac-front-end-and-ti-sapphire-main-amplifier-optiocal-tables-ocds-h6vhtk-036587#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036587`

## Before you bid
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- **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/ukri-2379-epac-front-end-and-ti-sapphire-main-amplifier-optiocal-tables-ocds-h6vhtk-036587#tl-md)

## Description
Proposals are sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for the supply of 
optical tables for laser systems being built for the EPAC Project located at the Rutherford Appleton 
Laboratory (RAL). These optical tables will form the base of the laser system and will be operated at 
room temperature in ambient atmospheric conditions in a clean room environment.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £240,000
- **Description:** Ti:Sapphire Main Amplifier Optical Tables. 
The initial purchase is for 1 Front End Optical Table and 1 Ti:S Main Amplifier Optical Table. UKRI wish to retain the option to buy an additional 2 optical tables for the Ti:Sapphire Main Amplifier at a la...
- **Contract Period:** 04/11/2022 to 31/03/2023

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 032935-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Newport Spectra Physics Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-164467`
  - Value: £291,472 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 032935-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £291,472
  - Signed Date: 16/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032935-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-21T12:05:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:34:52.586Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036587