Published date: 9 February 2024

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: 27 February 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

RG6 6AP

Value of contract

£0 to £930,000

Procurement reference

IT-53-1850-Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Scanning Electron Microscop

Published date

9 February 2024

Closing date

27 February 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 February 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

We require a field emission gun, scanning electron microscope configured with a Ga focussed ion beam, lamellae lift out, cryogenic and heated sample stages, and an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopic capability. The system must be capable of operation as a highly specified cryo FIB-SEM as its primary role in medical and biological research but also have the capability to work on the wide range of samples indicated above in Background Information. The system should include a magnetic field cancelling system (AC and DC) if your site survey indicated that this would be necessary to meet the specified microscope performance if sited in rooms 24 or 25.

More information

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Additional text

only suppliers on the UKUPC and the High Value Laboratory Equipment framework, lot 2 - X-Ray, Imaging, Elemental & Micro Analysis Equipment and Microscopy Instruments, reference LAB3162 NW are invited to take part in this mini competition.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Claire Milham

Address

University of Reading
PO Box 226, Whiteknights
Reading
RG6 6AP
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 118 378 7629

Email

c.milham@reading.ac.uk