# Fast turnaround, cryogen-free, sub-2K cryostat - AWARD

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Lancaster University](/buyers/lancaster-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: oxford Instruments
- Award value: £87,930
- Tender value: £87,930
- Award date: 17 June 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 July 2016
- Contract end: 30 June 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 3377717e-3727-464c-a9f6-36a3339a0747-100079
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ca972978-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The Purchaser is inviting tenders for the supply of a low cost, fast turnaround, cryogen-free cryostat with a base temperature below 2 K\. This scientific equipment will be used for rapid testing of nanoelectronic samples and for developing cold electronics that will later be used inside a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator\. The system should provide a sample environment similar to the 3K/still stages of a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator: namely, a relatively large \(several litre\) cold sample volume with ~mW cooling power close to 1 K and ~100mW cooling power at 2 K, and with comparable levels of vibration

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3377717e-3727-464c-a9f6-36a3339a0747-100079)