Published date: 14 June 2024
This notice was replaced on 19 August 2024
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Awarded contract (published 19 August 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Mass spectrometer - 38433100
Location of contract
B4 7ET
Value of contract
£1,488,712
Procurement reference
1006
Published date
14 June 2024
Closing date
24 June 2024
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
25 June 2024
Contract end date
24 June 2027
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Aston University is putting out this notice as a VEAT (Voluntary Ex ante Transparency Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific for the Supply, installation, service and maintenance of an Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with Electron-transfer dissociation (ETD), Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) including Oil-Free Roughing Pump and associated equipment.
Aston University intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ((32.2(b) ii.
The contract duration is expected to be June 2024 to June 2027.
Aston University requires an Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with ETD, UVPD including Oil-Free Roughing Pump and associated equipment. Thermo Fisher Scientific hold the patent on the orbitrap mass analyser and are the sole supplier of all orbitrap instruments. The orbitrap is unique in its ability to offer ultra-high resolution and mass accuracy capabilities (FWHM 480,000) which is not matched by any other type of mass analyser. The Ascend offers unmatched fragmentation capabilities, such as HCD fragmentation which is necessary for the detection of compound-specific reporter ions, and their subsequent confident identification. This level of high-performance Mass Spectrometer platform is required for the multi-omics scientific work which includes Lipidomics, protein-lipid interactions, Proteomics/oxPTMs and Native proteins that Aston University intends to conduct with the Mass Spectrometer.
The University will not enter the proposed contract before 24th June 2024
About the buyer
Contact name
Jacob Rankine
Address
Aston Triangle
BIRMINGHAM
B47ET
England
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