# SQUID Magnetometer

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Bristol](/buyers/university-of-bristol/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: LOT-Quantum Design Ltd
- Award value: £250,000
- Tender value: £208,000
- Award date: 28 June 2017
- Published: 17 July 2017
- Contract start: 28 June 2017
- Contract end: 27 June 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4e9813c6-9dff-43cd-a838-475cb93bfc5e-160487
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-edac09c9-3977-4461-8061-3604dc7f7d17

## Description

Supply & Delivery of one SQUID magnetometer with superconducting magnet and variable temperature insert in a liquid helium Dewar\. The magnet should be capable of being operated in continuous, ramping, or persistent mode\. The SQUID system should incorporate a variable temperature cryostat insert capable of operating from 350K to around 2K\. The DC SQUID should allow to measure magnetic moments of 5x10\(-8\) emu from samples mounted in a pressure cell of ~20g weight\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4e9813c6-9dff-43cd-a838-475cb93bfc5e-160487)