--- title: "Supply, Delivery and Installation of Matrix Plasma Asher" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "University of Strathclyde" published: "2026-08-06" --- # Supply, Delivery and Installation of Matrix Plasma Asher Buyer: University of Strathclyde Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06dd5c.json) ## Summary The University of Strathclyde is buying, supplying, delivering and installing a Matrix Plasma Asher, a specialist laboratory and precision instrument. The equipment will support the National Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging (NCASP), an industry-led facility intended to connect UK device design with domestic semiconductor packaging, testing and metrology. The wider purpose is to strengthen advanced semiconductor manufacturing capability in the UK, reduce reliance on overseas outsourced assembly and test facilities, protect intellectual property and shorten routes from research to volume production. Delivery and installation will take place in Glasgow. This is a goods requirement for a single item, with the successful supplier also supporting the University’s open-access packaging capability and associated community-benefit commitments. The procurement has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through an open procedure. It is one lot, evaluated on quality at 60% and price at 40%; variants are not allowed. The bid deadline is 9 September 2026 at 12:00, with bids opened and award activity scheduled from that time. The contract is for 720 days, with a possible 12-month renewal if maintenance and warranty are required. The buyer may request additional deliveries for partial replacement or extensions to the supplies and installations. Bidders must show three relevant equipment-delivery examples, average annual turnover of at least £446,000 over the last three years, and the required insurance: £10 million employers’ liability, £10 million public and product liability, and £2 million professional indemnity. English submissions, electronic ordering and electronic payment apply. This opportunity suits specialist scientific-equipment manufacturers, authorised distributors and systems integrators able to supply, deliver and install a Matrix Plasma Asher for advanced semiconductor packaging work. Strong applicants will be able to demonstrate three comparable examples of delivering the required type of equipment and the technical capability to support installation, warranty and any subsequent maintenance. Suppliers need sufficient financial resilience and access to appropriate commercial insurance, including employers’, public and product liability and professional indemnity cover. The equipment will be used in a technically demanding research and scale-up environment, so relevant experience in semiconductor, photonics, power-electronics, laboratory or precision-engineering applications is likely to be directly useful. The requirement also includes community benefits, making it relevant to businesses able to offer wider local social or economic value. ## Notice Background The UK urgently requires a sovereign, open-access advanced semiconductor packaging capability to close a well-evidenced market failure. Today, UK innovators in photonics and power electronics rely on overseas Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facilities for scaling to volume packaging, which fragments the supply chain, extends lead times, increases Intellectual Property (IP) leakage risk, and exposes critical technologies to geopolitical disruption. The National Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging (NCASP) is the missing link that converts research excellence into manufacturable products. NCASP is creating an integrated, industry-led scale-up facility that connects UK device design to domestic, high-volume packaging, test and metrology - reducing time-to-market and anchoring value onshore. Description The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for a Matrix Plasma Asher. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Background The UK urgently requires a sovereign, open-access advanced semiconductor packaging capability to close a well-evidenced market failure. Today, UK innovators in photonics and power electronics rely on overseas Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facilities for scaling to volume packaging, which fragments the supply chain, extends lead times, increases Intellectual Property (IP) leakage risk, and exposes critical technologies to geopolitical disruption. The National Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging (NCASP) is the missing link that converts research excellence into manufacturable products. NCASP is creating an integrated, industry-led scale-up facility that connects UK device design to domestic, high-volume packaging, test and metrology - reducing time-to-market and anchoring value onshore. Description The University of Strathclyde has a requirement for a Matrix Plasma Asher. Options: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option. Renewal: 12 months (if required maintenance and warranty) ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074565-2026 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 9 Sep 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | University of Strathclyde | | Locality | GLASGOW | | Postcode area | Glasgow | | Postcode | G1 1XU | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City | | Local authority | Glasgow City | | Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill | | Westminster constituency | Glasgow North East | | Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ### Codes - 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) ## Release History - 6 Aug 2026 at 10:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074565-2026 ## Notice URLs - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 - http://www.strath.ac.uk/ - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000839464 - https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00113 - https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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