# T22/0036 - Thin Film Sputtering Fabrication Facility \(TF-FAB\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Kurt J Lesker Company](/contract-winners/kurt-j-lesker/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,055,800
- Tender value: £1,055,800
- Award date: 20 June 2023
- Published: 21 June 2023
- Contract start: 3 July 2023
- Contract end: 31 August 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: ee8a37f8-82b2-4c9c-b472-ca4faf691712-655544
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b9be36a-a760-4af0-9f10-18e021e33235

## Description

The University wishes to create a new thin film magnetron sputtering facility for the fabrication of energy materials, biocompatible and functional coatings\. TF-FAB provides a platform for researchers to develop new inorganic thin films for energy materials, biocompatible and functional coatings\. It supports unprecedented recent growth in thin film research at Northumbria University \(NU\)\. TF-FAB provides a transformational capacity increase in thin film fabrication and will create new collaborative opportunities between academia and industry\. We are looking for a dual chamber sputtering system and interconnecting load lock\. We are looking for maximum flexibility \(hardware and software\) and also an upgradable system\. We anticipate that one chamber will be more geared towards the deposition of oxide and compound materials \(chamber 1\) while the other would be more metal focus, including diamond like carbon coatings and titanium based alloys \(chamber 2\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ee8a37f8-82b2-4c9c-b472-ca4faf691712-655544)