Expired contract

LUV01156 Perform Thermal Balance and Cycling of the SMILE SXI PFM

Details

Supplier(s)
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton L
Value
£179,356
Duration
2 months
Topic
Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Published
9 June 2023

Tender description

The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) Instrument is intended for use on the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) mission Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) to study the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. As part of the instrument Proto-Flight Model (PFM) acceptance test campaign, the SXI instrument needs to undergo thermal balance and thermal cycling acceptance testing to demonstrate compliance with instrument thermal performance requirements.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published9 June 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date10 October 2023
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date7 December 2023

About the buyer

The University of Leicester is a large, multi-disciplined, research-intensive university. Its purchasing covers IT software, laboratory supplies, cleaning supplies, research equipment, consultancy and construction. Higher-value contracts are competed there. Its own Procurement Regulations set the level of competition for lower value contracts. Contracts are let on the University's standard terms and conditions. Framework agreements have also been tendered for promotional items and branded garments.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Leicester's contract awards have been in clothing and footwear, software and information systems and repair and maintenance.

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