Published date: 15 November 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 6 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

  • Experimental development services - 73120000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£80,000 to £120,000

Procurement reference

20191115120046-3510

Published date

15 November 2019

Closing date

6 December 2019

Contract start date

9 December 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Aim: To quantify the amount of ruthenium released from a non-radioactive solid.

Overview of Task: The quantity of ruthenium that is released to the gas phase from a solid
that is heated in the region 200-650 °C is to be measured. Four different solids will be
assessed. Three of the solids will consist of a large number of element oxides and element
nitrates from across the periodic table. Ruthenium is present in the solid at around 1% by
elemental mass, but the precise speciation is not known. However, the ruthenium is likely to
be in the form of an oxide and/or a nitrate. The quantity of solid available for experiments is
not a limiting factor. The presence of nitrates within the solid will mean that upon heating
nitrogen oxides (NOx) will be generated, yielding the corresponding element oxide. The 4th
solid to be experimented on is RuO2 and will be used as a comparison.

This task will be broken down into 4 components for which quotes are requested. The
supplier is encouraged to add technical input. Any additional scope is to be quoted for
against task 3.

The technical scope involves the following tasks:
1. TASK 1 - Scoping Experiments
2. TASK 2 - Main Experimental Work
3. TASK 3 - Opportunity for supplier to suggest technical scope
4. TASK 4 - Secondment of NNL technical staff to assist in part of/all of the experimental
program

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About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Jones

Address

Chadwick House
Warrington
WA3 6AE
ENG

Telephone

+44 1925933693

Email

Michael.jones@uknnl.com