Published date: 14 November 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 28 September 2022, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Diffraction apparatus - 38530000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£185,606

Procurement reference

tender_311155/1146146

Published date

14 November 2022

Closing date

28 September 2022

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

21 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The University of Bristol has a requirement for a new X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) which will form part of the Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces (FaRMS), part of the National Nuclear User Facility (NNUF) project. FaRMS will be embedded in the Interface Analysis Centre (IAC), part of the School of Physics.

The requirement is comprised of a state-of-the-art XRD system with particular focus on solid materials analysis, texture, and thin film characterisation. Offers are invited for the procurement of a floor-mounted XRD system, which will be able to measure polycrystalline/powders, texture, stress/strain, reciprocal space maps, thin film reflectivity, and have a Eulerian cradle (or a similar chi, phi and height stage) for single-crystal work. The ability to add environmental stages (such as high/low temperature and gas reaction cells) is important, so a vertical scattering geometry, theta-theta machine is most likely. Additional features, such as automatic height alignment and 2D detector set up would also be highly preferred.

Award information

Awarded date

21 October 2022

Contract start date

21 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£185,606

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SciMed Ltd

Address

Unit B4, The Embankment Business Park , Heaton Mersey , Greater Manchester, SK4 3GN, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England

Telephone

0

Email

yi19222@bristol.ac.uk