European XFEL: Kirkpatrick Baez Mirror Focusing System for the SXP Instrument

The European XFEL is a research facility of superlatives: it generates ultrashort X-ray flashes-27 000 times per second and with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources. To construct and operate the European XFEL, international partners agreed on the foundation of an independent research organisation — the European XFEL GmbH (‘EuXFEL’), a non-profit limited liability Company under German law. The company employs more than 400 people. The subject of this tender is the design, fabrication and delivery of a Kirkpatrick Baez (KB) focusing system as described in II.2.4) of this contract notice and the technical specification ‘SXP Note’.