AwardedAwarded 14 August 2026

Contract for the Supply, delivery, commission, installation, consumables, & maintenance of a Femtosecond Laser Workstation

Queen's University Belfast · Education

In brief

Queen's University Belfast awarded laboratory equipment work to Oxford Lasers Ltd on 14 August 2026.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 12 years with extensions, starting 20 April 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), led by Queen's University Belfast, is key to an exciting future for manufacturing in Northern Ireland, as an industry-led, open-access manufacturing and engineering innovation centre with state-of-the-art facilities and an expert engineering team, underpinned by academic excellence.   AMIC is expanding its core capabilities in Digital Factory, Smart Design, Sustainable Polymers and Composites Nanotechnology and Photonics. With a growing team of engineers and technologists (currently 50 strong) and building upon a track-record of collaboration with manufacturers it will deliver industry 4.0 solutions for industry. Supported through a £98M investment via Belfast Region City Deal, a 10,000m2 Factory of the Future facility will open at Global Point Newtownabbey in early 2026. The equipment being purchased is critical to the organisational strategy. As part of this project Queen’s University Belfast wish to procure a Femtosecond Laser Workstation.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Oxford Lasers Ltd (SME)
4 bids received
£712,184
Awarded 4 August 2026
20 August 2026 to 20 August 2027

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 081759-2025
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 084793-2025
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 073778-2026
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 077955-2026

Last time this was bought

QUB/2741/25 Contract for the Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a High-Repetition, High-Power Laser System

Won by
Amplitude
Awarded
16 October 2025
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Bids
3

Matched on Queen's University Belfast, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

  1. ID 6637252 - DfE - SRC - High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

    Southern Regional CollegeNorthern IrelandLaboratory and scientific equipment

    Closing soon5 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £202kestimated
  2. SPS-02361 Substance Screening & Related Services

    Scottish Prison ServiceScotland, Northern IrelandLaboratory and scientific equipment, Healthcare services

    Open18 days left

    Value not stated
  3. Medical Fridges, Freezers and Associated Equipment

    Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics ServiceNorthern IrelandMedical equipment and supplies, Laboratory and scientific equipment

    Open19 days left3 lotsFramework

    £1.34mframework ceiling

From notice 081759-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 11 December 2025, last updated 17 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.