Equipment for Defence Engineering Teaching

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£475,000

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  • Regulating and controlling instruments and apparatus
  • Electronic equipment
  • Measuring instruments

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  • tender

Submission Deadline

3 weeks from now

Published

3 days ago

Description

Purchase of quality, metrology, and electronic equipment for the School of Engineering

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Public authority - sub-central government

Graham Fox

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1204903119

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