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This is to ensure that Stage 1 responses provide a complete design proposal that demonstrates the bidder's ability to meet the full project requirements.\nSubject to the outcome of the Stage 1 evaluation, NPL reserves the right to award the design study to up to two suppliers.\nNPL intends to appoint and remunerate the two successful Stage 1 suppliers to undertake the design study.\nNPL are looking for the supply of a high precision motion control stage mounted to a structural beam with an operating envelope of greater than 2.3m with 2 integrated carriages. This will be used as part of a Dimensional Metrology Instrument. \nThe system will be supplied to NPL to use and operate internally as an operational piece of equipment to be installed into a larger assembly. 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