Published date: 20 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: 16 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

Location of contract

LA1 4YR

Value of contract

£2,300,000

Procurement reference

SP/19/1101

Published date

20 November 2019

Closing date

16 December 2019

Contract start date

20 December 2019

Contract end date

19 December 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Purchaser is inviting tenders on the terms set out in this further competition for the supply, delivery and installation of a Compact Accelerator Mass Spectrometer System.

We seek to:

1.To source, install and commission a compact, multi-isotope, compact accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility.

2. To establish an AMS capability in the UK based on this facility targeted primarily on assisting the clean-up of the UK nuclear legacy and related compatible trace analytical requirements.

3. To have the system in place, commissioned and operational with ancillary facilities by 4th April 2022.



A compact, multi-isotope AMS exploits negative ions, deflecting their path with a magnetic field at low energy, accelerates them and strips them of electrons, passes them through another magnetic field for high-energy mass analysis and collects and identifies them in a particle detector. In doing this, it is possible to separate abundant and rare isotopes of similar masses to yield ratios, i.e., 240Pu/239Pu, in the context of this case. An AMS has very significant advantages for long-lived radionuclides for measurements at trace levels over those made on the basis of radioactive decay because, at such low levels, there is rarely a sufficient amount of substance to yield satisfactory decay statistics on practical timescales that are distinguishable from background.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Angela Wearden

Address

Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 4YR
United Kingdom

Telephone

01524 594087

Email

a.wearden@lancaster.ac.uk