Published date: 23 October 2018

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: 7 November 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Detection and analysis apparatus - 38430000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN372878-60021692

Published date

23 October 2018

Closing date

7 November 2018

Contract start date

15 November 2018

Contract end date

25 March 2019

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Long-term data sets are invaluable for researching anthropogenic impacts and natural variation fluctuations in marine populations. Owing to the rare longevity of the Dove Time Series (DTS), a monitoring programme of plankton samples collected regularly off the coast of Northumberland for over 40 years, Newcastle University has been awarded a project grant by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the rental of a Zooplankton Flow Imaging Particle Analyser. The apparatus will perform zooplankton identification to family taxonomic level from the DTS samples. This will assist in further species identification and, ultimately, offer an insight into the prevalence of marine microplastics (following FT-IR spectroscopy) at the lowest level of the North Sea food chain, and identify changes over time.

The scope of this contract is for the six month rental and supply, delivery and installation of the equipment as detailed in Section 3.1 Technical Specification to the University, with after-sales support and 6 months warranty and maintenance.
More detail can be found in the tender documentation which can be found by registering your interest and accessing the the ITT event, which can be done at:
https://procontract.duenorth.com/Login

The contract reference is NU/1426.
The deadline for expressing an interest is Monday 5th November 2018 at 16:00 BST.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Dave Anderson

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912225360

Email

dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk