Supply and Installation of A 1.0 GHz spectrometer solution state system configured for predominantly medical use.

Contract summary

Industry

• Spectrometers - 38433000

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£6,583,490

Procurement reference

SC6400/18

Published date

3 July 2018

Closing date

29 June 2018

Contract start date

3 July 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice - Contract award without prior publication

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Contract for the Supply and Installation of A 1.0 GHz spectrometer solution state system configured for predominantly medical use.
To The University of Birmingham
University Contract Ref: SC6400/18

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More information

Attachments

• VEAT 2018-OJS115-261607-en.pdf
• Award notice
• VEAT 2018/S 115-261607

Additional text

The University of Birmingham has been awarded RC-UK funds as part of an EPSRC-led UK-wide NMR
Infrastructure call to purchase an ultra-high field 1 GHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer for the
Henry Wellcome Building for Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy (HWB-NMR) and for the greater benefit of the
UK life-sciences oriented NMR community. Currently the highest magnetic field available for NMR, this state-ofthe-
art equipment will allow local PIs, collaborators and external users to remain at the forefront of international
research, in terms of scientific applications, methodological development and the recruitment and training of
graduate students and young researchers, fulfilling RC-UK's overarching strategy to support excellence in UK
science. This additional ultra-high field capability will provide a unique enabling technology, supporting a wide
range of science with far-reaching impact.
Spectacular progress has been made over the last decade in isolating the macromolecular complexes that are
fundamental to nearly every cellular process. NMR spectroscopy is a uniquely powerful method for studying the
structured, dynamic, partially structured and intrinsically disordered states of these macromolecular complexes,
at near physiological conditions in atomic detail, and permits their changes to be followed on biologically
relevant time-scales, resulting in crucial mechanistic understanding of their functions. This capability allows both
stable and transient complex biomolecular interactions to be explained in the unprecedented detail necessary
for understanding living processes.
The equipment to be procured comprises a superconducting magnet operating at 1 GHz magnetic field,
a spectrometer console capable of transmitting and receiving radiofrequency of > 1 GHz, associated
cryogenically-cooled probes for measurement of samples in 5 mm tubes as well as for samples at low volume
(35 uL), and a fully temperature-controlled sample changer to fit a 1 GHz magnet to enable high sample
through-put.

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Award information

Awarded date

19 June 2018

Contract start date

3 July 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2020

Total value of contract

£6,583,490

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

BRUKER UK LIMITED

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About the buyer

Contact name

Peter Nobbs

Address

Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
England

Email

p.k.g.nobbs@bham.ac.uk