# 1588/DM - NTT Collimator

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD](/buyers/university-of-sheffield/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: IC Optical Systems Ltd\.
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £60,000
- Award date: 23 March 2017
- Published: 19 April 2017
- Contract start: 8 May 2017
- Contract end: 9 May 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: b83514c5-0584-4cd1-9a0d-2658d1b531e5-142545
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-df71483a-ecb2-4d73-8a17-96845cb162e8

## Description

ULTRACAM is a high-speed, three-arm optical CCD camera designed to study astrophysics on fast timescales\. It is currently a visitor instrument on the European Southern Observatory's \(ESO\) 3\.5m New Technology Telescope \(NTT\) at La Silla, Chile\. The instrument was built by a consortium involving the Universities of Sheffield, Warwick, and the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh\. ULTRACAM was funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council \(STFC\)\. The current collimator that we use with ULTRACAM is not optimised for use on the NTT\. We are, therefore, opening a tender for the manufacture of a new collimator for ULTRACAM on the NTT\. Additional information: Tender documents will only be available via the In-Tend site\. All communication through In-Tend, please\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b83514c5-0584-4cd1-9a0d-2658d1b531e5-142545)