Published date: 31 January 2023

Last edited date: 31 January 2023

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: 13 February 2023, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

TW11 0LW

Value of contract

£62,268

Procurement reference

tender_350892/1173756

Published date

31 January 2023

Closing date

13 February 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

24 February 2023

Contract end date

23 February 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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 National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science, and technology available.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) requirement is for a water vapour analyser, with the following capabilities:

1. capable of accurately measuring water vapours (see specification for amount fractions) in pure oxygen gas.
2. The analyser shall be CE/UKCA certificated.
3. Possibility to be networked and remotely accessed (minimum 100-1000 Base-T Ethernet)
4. Have a serial RS232/485, Modbus TCP connectivity.
5. Required to operate at standard UK mains power supply (230Vac, 50Hz).
6. Analog output (4-20 mA or 0-10 Vdc) is required to allow connectivity to exiting automatic analysers and LabView integration.
7. A local data storage (e.g. on flash drive) is desirable.
8. Inlet pressure: 2-9 bar a
9. Flow rate 0.05-1.5 slpm
10. Gas temperature up to 60⁰C
11. Wide dynamic range: over four orders of magnitude (see specification)

To express interest in this notice and access the documents, etc please follow this link: https://lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/go/24238219018607C4210B

About the buyer

Contact name

Gary Phillips

Address

Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0LW
England

Email

gary.phillips@npl.co.uk