Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University of Strathclyde · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- SENTECH Instruments GmbH SME
- Value
- £375,883.47
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Electrical equipment & lighting · Microelectronic machinery and apparatus (CPV 31712100)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 001297-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published8 Jan 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
The Institute of Photonics is seeking to complement their cleanroom micro-fabrication facility equipment with an Inductively Coupled Plasma Etcher system The Technical Team envision that the equipment will process semiconductor materials that will include but not be limited to: 1 Gallium Nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes 2 Silicon (Si) passive and active devices The equipment will be used to advance scientific investigation in neuro-technology and operated by PhD students, Postdoctoral Research Associates and Technicians within the Institute of Photonics. The Contracting Authority anticipates that the contract will be for a duration of twenty (24) months. The Contracting Authority requires a supplier that can fulfil the below non-exhaustive list of requirements: 1 Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etching (ICP-RIE) mode of operation to plasma etch hard materials such as GaN at etch rate of >500nm/min 2 Deep Silicon Etching (DSE) mode of operation to plasma etch high aspect rat…
About the supplier
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