# UK SBS RE18244 Silicon Interposers

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Silex Microsystems AB
- Award value: £140,176
- Award date: 2 September 2018
- Published: 3 September 2018
- Contract start: 3 September 2018
- Contract end: 2 September 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 037c8132-609e-439c-9383-4c565524492f-235142
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-58502529-d818-42be-a259-9c22255d1ad2

## Description

STFC was contracted to build a large x-ray imaging system for the European XFEL in 2006\. The finished system was delivered in 2017 and is now operational at the European XFEL collecting scientific data\. The system includes many custom sub components\. All the interposers used on the LPD 1 M sytem were designed and supplied by Silex Microsystems\.

## Related contract awards

- [DDaT27535 - Compute and Database Hardware](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d31394da-9abc-475c-9a01-9ed33e879bcd): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- [UKRI Penetration Testing Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-02ab3ede-3735-4f6d-a280-5b5eea766387): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- [DDaT27528](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c765f543-86ab-4661-9362-bf38722685fb): UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/037c8132-609e-439c-9383-4c565524492f-235142)