# GB-Swindon: UKRI-1778 METIS window and dichroic

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research and Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £500,000
- Published: 15 December 2021
- Planned start: 23 February 2022
- Planned end: 24 April 2023
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: cc93cf31-9e7c-4f86-9143-aed9c289ca24-494092
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0b09660f-ca9e-4397-8312-0a672af55f7a

## Description

This is for the Window and Dichroic Components of the METIS Instrument\. METIS is the 'Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph' for the European Extremely Large Telescope \(ELT\)\. It is the only ELT instrument to cover the thermal/mid-infrared wavelength range from 2\.9 - 13\.5 μm\. METIS is both an imager and high resolution spectrograph, working at the diffraction limit of the telescope\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc93cf31-9e7c-4f86-9143-aed9c289ca24-494092)