Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b95-0669-702c-a2b3-133d029ccd31/uk-simons-observatory-souk-consortium-small-apeture-telescope-platform-sat awarded GB negotiated without publication procedure # UK Simons Observatory (SO:UK) Consortium - Small Apeture Telescope Platform (SATP) [University of Manchester](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-manchester) Estimated value Not stated Published 5 Sept 2022 Deadline Rolling deadline ## About this tender A Request for Proposals (RFP) was conducted by University of California, San Diego, in May 2018 for a vendor to design and construct small aperture camera platforms for the Simons Observatory (SO) which is a US-led international project to construct a group of CMB telescopes in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It has been designed to address new science challenges, and is due to begin operations in 2023. In order to address its primary science goals, the SO collaboration has designed a single experiment that is unique amongst its peers in the field of CMB studies . The major UK contribution to SO is to specifically build, deploy, commission and operate an array of two small aperture telescopes (the SO:UK instrument) to exactly match the existing (US) SO instrument proprietary plans awarded under Purchasing Agreement SD-18-1025. The UK instrument will form a major component of the SO, providing 50% of its sensitivity to primordial B-modes. The additional sensitivity that will be provided by the SO:UK instrument has the potential to bring a compelling class of inflation models within our reach, for the first time. In building the instrument, we will incorporate a number of innovative features including the first use of a new detector technology (Kinetic Inductance Detectors, KIDs) in a CMB B-mode experiment. In addition to KIDs, the instrument work also includes the development and demonstration of novel meta-material (MM) quasi-optical components and high-performance detector readout technology. Read full description ## CPV classification Satellite platforms Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-0365c0-2022-09-05T11:35:40+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-0365c0-2022-09-05T11:35:40+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile University of Manchester: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-manchester) [Sector More Telecoms & broadcasting equipment tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/telecoms-broadcasting-equipment) ## More tenders like this [Multimedia equipment – Erstausstattung Medientechnik CPS Dresden - PR1287546-9940 · Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Einkauf B12 · 29 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-7aee-70da-aebb-7f21e636a57c/germany-multimedia-equipment-erstausstattung-medientechnik-cps-dresden-pr1) [Fibre-optic materials – Fourniture d’émetteurs-récepteurs optiques (SFP Transceivers) utilisés dans le projet KM3NeT · CNRS Délégation Provence et Corse · 34 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8083-708b-85a8-a2e4827bf193/france-fibre-optic-materials-fourniture-demetteurs-recepteurs-optiques-sfp) [Network equipment – Zajištění konektivity školy – Základní škola a Mateřská škola Krupka, Teplická 400 – opakovaná VZ · Základní škola a Mateřská škola Krupka, Teplická 400 · 30 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-617c-7058-b1a7-e3cbeed9790b/czechia-network-equipment-zajisteni-konektivity-skoly-zakladni-skola-a-mat) [Audio-visual equipment – Veranstaltungs- / Medientechnik · Kreis Steinburg · 34 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6e64-7187-9c5b-e2105b0716d0/germany-audio-visual-equipment-veranstaltungs-medientechnik) [Network equipment – 2026-155 Subministrament d’equipament de seguretat perimetral i serveis per protegir els elements de TI hostatjats als centres de procés de dades (CPD) i equipament IOT de l’Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. · Consorci Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) · 28 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-7f20-737a-8dc6-0789e9e53c73/spain-network-equipment-2026-155-subministrament-dequipament-de-seguretat-p) [Communications equipment – Supports de communication visuelle et événementielle pour le département de la Seine-Maritime · Département de la Seine-Maritime · 31 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8145-726e-bfcd-35d0d93bde45/france-communications-equipment-supports-de-communication-visuelle-et-evenem)