Published date: 14 February 2020

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


Closing: 27 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 31000000

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

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

    • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

TW9 4DU

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

TNA281

Published date

14 February 2020

Closing date

27 January 2020

Contract start date

3 February 2020

Contract end date

2 February 2023

Contract type

Service 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

The purpose of this Procurement Exercise is for the purchase of:
1. A fibre optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) system covering the visible and
the short-wave infrared range (VIS-SWIR: 380 - 2500 nm). The system must be
able to non-invasively acquire good quality spectra of the varied materials in an
archival collection (such as pigments, organic dyes, inks, binding media, paper,
parchment, textiles, photographic emulsions, organic coatings and adhesives,
degradation products, etc.) using low illumination levels that are safe for the
conservation of the materials.
2. Software (if licences are requires, these must be included, for at least 5 users) to
acquire, process and analyse the spectra.
Full technical requirements are given in the Invitation to Tender.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Purchase of a Visible - Short Wave Infrared Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (VIS-SWIR FORS) System

  • Opportunity
  • Published 7 January 2020, last edited 15 January 2020

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

11 February 2020

Contract start date

27 March 2020

Contract end date

26 March 2021

Total value of contract

£52,490

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ANALYTIK LIMITED

Address

Middle Watch
CB24 4AA
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 04688830

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Kew
Richmond
TW9 4DU
England

Email

procurement@nationalarchives.gov.uk