QUB/2010/21A Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph

A Contract Award Notice
by QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Goods)
Duration
not specified
Value
£160K
Sector
INDUSTRIAL
Published
24 Feb 2022
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom: Delivery to Cambridge, UK

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

1 supplier

Description

This procurement comprises the one-off purchase of a collimator parabola for the HARPS3 spectrograph.HARPS3 will be a copy of the ultra-precise radial-velocity spectrograph HARPS located on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and the more recent HARPS-N located on the 3.6-m TNG telescope on La Palma. HARPS3 will be installed at the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope in La Palma, Canary Islands and it shall be used for the Terra Hunting Experiment – a 10-year study to find Earth-like exoplanets around our nearest Solar-like stars.

Award Detail

1 Thales Seso (Aix en Provence)
  • Contract for the Manufacture and Delivery of a Parabolic mirror (Collimator) for the High Accuracy Radial-velocity Planet Searcher 3 (HARPS 3) Spectrograph
  • Reference: 005108-2022-qub/2010/21a-1
  • Value: £160,000

Award Criteria

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CPV Codes

  • 38622000 - Mirrors

Other Information

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