# Integrated Optics Circuit

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Exeter](/buyers/university-of-exeter/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £60,000
- Published: 4 April 2023
- Planned start: 30 May 2023
- Planned end: 29 May 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 676afe7e-0748-4131-afbd-ae37d69a0bc3-631937
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a67bd3f6-2e3a-41ce-8543-71a1e9577fc0

## Description

The optical interferometry group in the department of Physics and Astronomy is undertaking the development BIFROST, a new instrument for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer \(VLTI\)\. As part of this development process the group is procuring two photonics devices, each containing two Photonic Integrated Circuits \(PICs\) to function as the beam combining device within the BIFROST instrument\. This project has received funding from the European Research Council \(ERC\) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme \(grant agreement No 101003096\)\.

## Related contract awards

- [Maintenance of Cleaning Equipment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e3b8b38e-2d32-48ae-9e7b-5c54bbdfc2c2): University of Exeter
- [Fuel Cards](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f8eb0d95-9557-4f25-aea5-c8052cc9ca74): University of Exeter
- [Supply of Cleaning Chemicals](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-91634a05-db41-444a-9167-06c5699c3363): University of Exeter

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/676afe7e-0748-4131-afbd-ae37d69a0bc3-631937)