Closed tender

Purchase of Closed-Cycle Helium Cryogenic System

Details

Value
£220,000
Topic
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Published
23 January 2026
Submission
23 February 2026

Tender description

The University is seeking a contractor to supply, deliver and install a closed-cycle helium cryogenic system for quantum-optics experiments, Lot 1: The University is seeking a contractor to supply, deliver and install a closed-cycle helium cryogenic system for quantum-optics experiments capable of cooling small semiconductor chips to a temperature of 4K, which are mounted with on-chip optical and electrical connections. The chips should be optically addressable using a low working distance objective. The system will be used for a range of experiments in quantum optics and quantum technologies, with particular focus on characterising devices in silicon carbide where solid-state defect spins are coupled to optomechanical microcavities. The system will be situated in an optics lab at the University’s Edinburgh campus

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published23 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date23 February 2026

About the buyer

Heriot Watt University is a higher education institution based in Edinburgh. Procurement Services advises all schools and professional services departments. The same team supports the university group across five campuses. APUC sets up framework contracts for Scotland's universities and colleges. Scottish public sector and Government Commercial Agency frameworks are also used. Local contracts cover needs frameworks do not.

Over the past 5 years, most of Heriot Watt University's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, waste, cleaning and environmental services and electrical equipment and lighting.

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