# 4x Deformable Mirrors

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Exeter](/buyers/university-of-exeter/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Boston Micromachines Corporation
- Award value: £68,885
- Award date: 13 February 2023
- Published: 23 February 2023
- Contract start: 13 February 2023
- Contract end: 12 February 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 23ae5dfb-16b9-440a-903b-c7050862a94f-618153
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c5461be4-ea09-4fc8-bef6-0f63f725be1d

## Description

The optical interferometry group in the department of Physics and Astronomy is undertaking the development BIFROST, a new instrument for an astronomical observatory\. Key optics required to operate the instrument are the four deformable mirrors which this procurement aims to procure\. This project has received funding from the European Research Council \(ERC\) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme \(grant agreement No 101003096\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23ae5dfb-16b9-440a-903b-c7050862a94f-618153)