# UKSBS PR17100 High Damage Threshold Mirrors

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Daresbury Laboratory
- Contract winner: [Manx Precision Optics Ltd](/contract-winners/manx-precision-optics/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £16,500
- Tender value: £16,500
- Award date: 19 October 2017
- Published: 21 February 2018
- Contract start: 20 October 2017
- Contract end: 6 December 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 7dae1f05-6674-4434-8adc-2c809fd1a273-200132
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9ed3d61e-ef45-4c82-8320-a907336e6158

## Description

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 25 August 2017 14:00 HOURS\. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER\. To express your interest in this opportunity email expressionOfInterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk\. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk and follow the link "Supplier eSourcing registration"\. Note: Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control\. Science and Technology Facilities Council \(STFC\) is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation, whose goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people - and more broadly to the world\. STFC support an academic community of around 1,700 in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy including space science, who work at more than 50 universities and research institutes in the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States, including a rolling cohort of more than 900 PhD students\. The organisation's large-scale scientific facilities in the UK and Europe are used by more than 3,500 users each year, carrying out more than 2,000 experiments and generating around 900 publications\. This requirement is for High Damage Threshold Mirrors for the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh\. The combination of access to world-class research facilities and scientists, office and laboratory space, business support, and an environment which encourages innovation has proven a compelling combination, attracting start-ups, SMEs and large blue chips such as IBM and Unilever

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7dae1f05-6674-4434-8adc-2c809fd1a273-200132)