Published date: 30 December 2015

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 26 January 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Gas generators - 42980000

Location of contract

SK17 9JN

Value of contract

£5,000 to £30,000

Procurement reference

T22 15/16

Published date

30 December 2015

Closing date

26 January 2016

Contract start date

26 February 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2016

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is Britain's leading industrial health and safety facility. Operating as the Science Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), HSL supports HSE's mission to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.

Hydrogen generators are used at HSL to eliminate hydrogen gas lines and cylinders and supply high purity hydrogen to test equipment. For the purposes of this invitation to tender it is necessary for HSL to be open and fair to possible sources that believe they can meet these requirements and may submit a tender.

The Health & Safety Laboratory is inviting tenders for the supply of Hydrogen Generator(s) suitable for providing hydrogen to up to three hydrogen flame photometers. Each photometer can run for up to 10 hours a day, and requires a flow of 400 to 600 millilitres per minute of hydrogen at a pressure of 1 bar. Depending on the work required, the photometer can be out of use for several months at a time; during this time, the hydrogen generators will be switched off. At start of new work, the generators will be switched back on. Previous experience of running our flame photometers using hydrogen generators of an earlier design was unsuccessful, as the necessary stop/start operation caused the generators to fail. This will need to be avoided. A supply of deionised water is available, but it will not be possible to pipe this to the hydrogen generators; they will need to be topped up by hand. The reservoir must be of sufficient size to run the hydrogen generators for at least 5 hours under the use described above.

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Contract start date is estimated subject to approval and award.

HSL has applied broad estimates in the lowest and highest value fields in the 'Summary Information' section.

Award information

Awarded date

9 May 2016

Contract start date

10 May 2016

Contract end date

30 June 2016

Total value of contract

£39,024.60

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PerkinElmer LAS (UK) Ltd

Address

Chalfont Road, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2FX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Gilbert Muller

Address

Health & Safety Laboratory
Harpur Hill
Buxton
SK17 9JN
England

Email

purchasing@hsl.gsi.gov.uk

Website

www.hsl.gov.uk