Awarded contract

Dual-growth chamber Molecular Beam Epitaxy System (2 Lots)

Details

Buyer: University of Sheffield
Supplier(s): DCA Instruments Oy
Value: £4,878,210
Topic: Microelectronic machinery and apparatus and microsystems
Published: 3 October 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility (NEF) based at the University of Sheffield has been providing bespoke semiconductor wafers to academia and industry for 45 years. It is a unique world-class centre combining technical excellence and expertise with state-of-the-art epitaxy and material characterization equipment. We are looking to further enhance our capability provision to the UK semiconductor community, by investing in a new linked dual-chamber Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) System for arsenides/phosphides and arsenides/antimonides growth that is fully automated, capable of 24/7 operation, reliable, and resource-efficient allowing further expansion in the future. Lot 1: MBE System The system is replacing two existing VG reactors capable of 4" wafer growth of high-quality arsenides/phosphides and arsenides/antimonides, and should offer higher throughput thanks to automation of growth recipes for 24/7 operation, and integrated solutions allowing maintenance of critical components (such as ion gauges, cells) without breaking chamber vacuum. Lot 2: In-situ monitoring equipment As described within the tender documents

Timeline

Completed: Award date4 September 2025
Completed: Award published3 October 2025
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About the buyer

University of Sheffield is a higher education institution whose Procurement Office lets and manages contracts for its schools and departments. The university also buys through regional and national frameworks as a member of the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, part of UKUPC. They cover catering, furniture, computing, laboratory supplies, postal services, domestic services, professional services and stationery. Once a contract is let, each school and department must buy from the contracted supplier.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Sheffield's contract awards have been in construction work, industrial machinery and laboratory and precision equipment.

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