Single-crystal X-Ray diffraction equipment

Contract summary

Industry

• Diffraction apparatus - 38530000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£394,000

Procurement reference

3964/DM/24

Published date

26 March 2024

Closing date

8 February 2024

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

5 March 2024

Contract end date

28 June 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The Chemistry department is engaged in a broad range of synthetic chemistry and materials chemistry that either currently makes use of or could in future make use of single-crystal X-ray diffraction for crystal structure determination and seeks to upgrade current X-ray diffraction capabilities. Compounds studied include organic compounds, coordination compounds, including metal-organic frameworks, and organometallic compounds.

All instrument configurations should be suitable to house existing Oxford Cryostream 700 series cryostats (to be provided by University of Sheffield).

Diffractometer control PC should be configuration tested and typically comprise a tower PC with minimum i7 (10th gen) CPU, 2 x 2TB solid state hard drives, 16 GB RAM with bays to enable additional RAM to be added, 27" monitor (+ 2nd monitor in enclosure) or equivalent(s).

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Award information

Awarded date

1 March 2024

Contract start date

5 March 2024

Contract end date

28 June 2024

Total value of contract

£295,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Rigaku Europe SE

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About the buyer

Contact name

David Middle

Address

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD,WESTERN BANK
SHEFFIELD
S102TN
England

Telephone

0114 2221560

Email

dave.middle@sheffield.ac.uk