Published date: 27 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: 17 February 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000

  • Medical equipments - 33100000

  • Clinical forensics equipment and supplies - 33950000

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

    • Measuring and control equipment - 38424000

    • Biomedical equipment - 38434540

Location of contract

LE1 9BH

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

IT-115-629-1933

Published date

27 January 2023

Closing date

17 February 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

26 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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

This is for the provision of a current version of a complete DLS instrument. The contract requires the successful tenderer to supply and install fully a current model of an instrument with the following technical features:
1. DLS instrument:
o Capable of measuring particle size, zeta potential, electrophoretic mobility, molecular mass and transmittance
o Offering three measuring angles (forward-, side- and back-scattering)
o Measuring transmittance continuously, allowing for direct measure of turbidity and automatic adjustment of parameters such as focus, attenuation, measuring angle and measurement duration
o Capable of measuring zeta potential with high accuracy, through electrophoretic light scattering
o Size range: 0.3 nm to 10 um
o Zeta potential range: +/- 1000 mV
o Molecular mass range: 980 Da to 20 Mda

Allocated Budget: ?45,000. Please note if your quote is higher than this figure it will not be considered.

Full details of the University's requirements can be found in the tender pack.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Mahesh Parmar

Address

University Campus
Gateway House
Leicester
LE1 9BH
United Kingdom

Telephone

0116 2078476

Email

mahesh.parmar@dmu.ac.uk