# Contract for the Supply and Installation of a RF Spectrum Analyser to the University of Birmingham

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](/buyers/university-of-birmingham/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [ROHDE & SCHWARZ U\.K\. LIMITED](/contract-winners/rohde-schwarz-u-k/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £135,642
- Tender value: £67,000
- Award date: 15 December 2020
- Published: 19 February 2021
- Contract start: 17 December 2020
- Contract end: 12 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 46625ed3-f6b4-46f8-a2b1-b3a2c7aed281-414216
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e7b5f4e1-d88d-43c6-afb1-1f7377d4780e

## Description

The University of Birmingham has contracted for the supply of a spectrum analyser\. The frequency range of the RF input should cover 1MHz-25 GHz\. A high sensitivity for phase noise measurements is required; when the carrier frequency is 10 GHz, the offset frequency is 1 kHz, the SSB phase noise should be better than -125 dBc\(1Hz\); when the carrier frequency is 1 GHz, the offset frequency is 10 kHz, the SSB phase noise should be better than -140 dBc\(1Hz\)\. The AM noise sensitivity should be better than -145 dBc\(1Hz\) when the RF input frequency is between 100 MHz and 1 GHz for 1 kHz offset frequency\. The measurement speed should be better than 10s when span 1 Hz to 1 MHz with the bandwidth in 10% of offset, better than 0\.05s when span 1 kHz to 1 MHz with the bandwidth in 10% of offset\. It should be able to measure Allan variance\. The measurement range should cover 100ns to 1 000 000s\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/46625ed3-f6b4-46f8-a2b1-b3a2c7aed281-414216)