# GB-Newcastle: T20/0039

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £500,000
- Published: 9 April 2021
- Planned start: 1 October 2021
- Planned end: 1 October 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 3667b116-0262-4d32-b799-d8ab60c4e52c-427532
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2c09b69a-9956-4391-af7f-dd9c59bc95e0

## Description

NOTE: This notice was updated on 09 April 2021 for the following reason: Deadline extended by one week\.\("The university requires a dual chamber high vacuum thin-film deposition system with multiple magnetron sputtering sources, load-lock, and all associated vacuum pumps, system control and monitoring\. This equipment will support our expanding research in photovoltaics primarily around thin film inorganic materials\. Thin film photovoltaic technology around chalcopyrite, kesterite and other chalcogenide material represents the bulk of the current research\. The sputtering system will be used to prepare front and back electrodes, transparent conductive oxides, barrier layers and other optical layers rather than the absorber layer itself\. We are looking for maximum flexibility and also an upgradable system\. The system will not be located in a clean room\.\) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

## Related contract awards

- [Ellison Building Laboratory Refurbishment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3defef33-cc51-47ff-bc57-c7ac6c4445eb): University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- [Structural Engineering Consultancy Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a31d41f6-03a6-488d-bc5d-e56c011f2a79): The University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- [T24/0084 - Environmental SEM](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-46301e19-eb28-4de8-84d9-9a1b07acb73d): University of Northumbria at Newcastle

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3667b116-0262-4d32-b799-d8ab60c4e52c-427532)