01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
UKRI require a growth of 2x DKDP Crystal Boules harvesting of required crystal size for the use of large-aperture Optical Parametric Amplification for the Vulcan 20-20 Project. Potassium Di-Deuterium Phosphate (DKDP) crystals are a critical component of the amplification system for the 20 Petawatt laser that is being built under the Vulcan 20-20 project.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
UKRI-5442 Growth of Potassium Di-Deuterium Phosphate (DKDP) crystal growth
- Awarded
- 20 January 2026
- Award value
- £995,882.25
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 12 February 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, UKK14, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDQJ-7126-JDHGGooch and Housego Ohio
LLC 676 Alpha Drive Highland Heights, Ohio, US, 44143-2156, United States
GB-PPON PCHX-6231-MXGRCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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