# IFAE tenders advanced microelectronics assembly and integration equipment > The Barcelona research institute is seeking supply and installation of an advanced circuit-assembly system under a ten-month open contract. - Topic: Tender - Subjects: Semiconductors, Manufacturing - Event date: 2026-10-22 - First published on EPC Feed: 2026-10-25T01:45:37.511Z - Updated: 2026-10-25T01:45:37.511Z - Countries: Spain - Page: https://epcfeed.com/news/ifae-microelectronics-assembly-integration-equipment ## Key facts - Buyer: Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) - Procurement reference: IFAE-2026/20 - Scope: Supply and installation of advanced microelectronics assembly and integration equipment - Contract duration: 10 months - Award criterion: Contract amount, 100% - Deadline: 3 December 2026, 12:00 (+01:00) The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) has published a procurement for an advanced system to assemble and integrate microelectronic circuits. The notice describes a supply-and-installation contract and assigns it reference IFAE-2026/20. It is an open, harmonised procedure, with a 10-month contract duration and a submission deadline of 3 December 2026 at noon (+01:00). The procurement’s stated object is the equipment and its installation; the notice does not identify a model or manufacturer. The tender is relevant to engineering suppliers working across specialised equipment, integration and installation. The published description is short and does not set out the system’s technical architecture, throughput, component handling range, bonding or packaging processes, clean-room conditions, acceptance protocol, training plan or maintenance package. Nor does it disclose a budget in the fields reviewed. Those specifications may be contained in the procurement dossier, but they cannot be reconstructed from the notice summary. This article therefore treats the procurement as a defined opportunity for assembly and integration equipment, not as proof of any particular production capability or research outcome. The notice records the award criterion as 100% contract amount. That indicates a price-only evaluation in the published field, subject to the detailed procurement rules and eligibility requirements. The buyer requires a standard open tender process and identifies the institute as the contracting entity. The place of performance is in Spain’s Barcelona area, as represented in the notice’s regional code. No EU funding is identified in the returned notice fields. The ten-month duration gives suppliers a stated planning horizon for delivery and installation, but the notice does not say when that period begins or provide milestones. It also does not provide a separately stated commissioning or training duration. Bidders should use the complete tender documents to establish site readiness assumptions, installation dependencies, technical acceptance conditions, warranty requirements and the required support after handover. The short title alone does not establish whether equipment installation requires modifications to existing facilities. The call was published on 22 October 2026. Its deadline, 3 December at 12:00 with the +01:00 offset, leaves a defined preparation period for interested suppliers. The procurement records no selected supplier or award. Its event is the publication of a new invitation to tender, not a completed purchase. The institute’s dossier is the controlling source for the detailed system specification and delivery terms; this report preserves the limits of the TED notice and does not assume the equipment’s end use. The procurement records a single award criterion: contract amount at 100%. It does not publish an estimated value, so prospective suppliers cannot derive a budget ceiling from the TED notice. The 10-month contract duration gives a delivery horizon but not separate deadlines for supply, installation or acceptance. The institute’s full tender documents are needed to determine the technical specification and the evidence required for a compliant offer; the public notice does not disclose a selected supplier. ## Sources 1. [Suministro de un equipo avanzado de ensamblaje e integración de circuitos microelectrónicos](https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/733341-2026). Official notice, Tenders Electronic Daily (European Union), Published 2026-10-22, Read 2026-10-25.