Published date: 16 November 2016

This notice was replaced on 16 November 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 9 February 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Spectrometers - 38433000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£57,000

Procurement reference

UOE/2016/051/SB

Published date

16 November 2016

Closing date

1 December 2016

Contract start date

12 December 2016

Contract end date

12 December 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The ICP-OES will be purchased to aid chemical analyses in conjunction with the NERC funded project JET - "Integrated Understanding of the Early Jurassic Earth System and Timescale". Analyses will be performed on fossil shell materials and rocks to evaluate palaeoenvironmental parameters recorded in these geomaterials.

Fossil materials that will be analysed in conjunction with the JET project comprise calcite. For the understanding of the preservation of these shell materials and the palaeoenvironmental information recorded in them, concentrations of Mg, Mn, Fe and Sr are of the greatest interest. The limited variabitility of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios within the fossils makes it necessary to measure these ratios at great reproducibility (~ 1 % 2sd) in order to achieve a sufficient signal to noise ratio. Mn and Fe concentrations in the shell material are critical to ascertain good fossil preservation and minor differences (in the range of a few µg/g in the calcite) can be meaningful for such interpretation. Because of contraints on material availability the instrument needs to be able to quantify Mn and Fe concentrations in solutions at levels of ca. 1 ng/g.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Samantha Barker

Address

Northcote House, The Queen's Drive, University of Exeter
Exeter
EX4 4QJ
England

Email

samantha.barker@exeter.ac.uk