Published date: 1 July 2020

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Awarded contract (published 22 September 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Spectrum analyser - 38433300

Location of contract

OX11 0QX

Value of contract

£75,000 to £90,000

Procurement reference

UKSBS PR20034

Published date

1 July 2020

Closing date

27 July 2020

Contract start date

17 August 2020

Contract end date

30 October 2020

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 ISIS neutron and muon source at UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI's) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a world class research organisation at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) based in Harwell campus, Oxfordshire, UK. The fleet of instruments use neutron and muons from synchrotron to study the properties of materials at atomic scale. The science spans a wide range of disciplines, from magnetism to cultural heritage, engineering to food science, and chemistry to environmental science.

The ISIS facility houses two biology laboratories, providing specialist equipment and expertise for the preparation, characterisation and handling of biological and biochemical samples. These may include nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and bacterial cell cultures. UKRI assist visiting scientists in preparing, checking, and optimising samples for ISIS instrument beam time.

As part of preparation and characterisation of proteins, UKRI are seeking to buy a Circular Dichroism spectrophotometer to evaluate the secondary structure, folding and binding properties of proteins.

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About the buyer

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk