Published date: 24 July 2025

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


Closing: 16 July 2025, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Scanning electron microscopes - 38511100

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£220,820

Procurement reference

BIP965865061

Published date

24 July 2025

Closing date

16 July 2025

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

31 August 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Northumbria University specified a requirement for a versatile, high-resolution environmental scanning electron microscope (eSEM), capable of generating and collecting information from a variety of biological or biohybrid sample materials. The purchase will include installation, training and 2-year Service and Maintenance contract. The delivery must commence in September 2025.

The eSEM must be capable to operate in high, low and environmental mode with a wide pressure range (up to 4000 Pa). It needs to deliver high-resolution imaging and perform energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), featuring a Field Emission Gun (FEG) column. This instrument will be used for soft and biological materials, such as biopolymers, composites, and biological cells, accommodating a wide range of biological sample sizes.

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Award information

Awarded date

16 July 2025

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

31 August 2027

Total value of contract

£220,820

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (FEI UK Ltd.)

Address

Oakwood Corporate Services Ltd, 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road
Altrincham Cheshire
WA14 2DT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sutherland building
College Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
UK

Telephone

+441912326002

Email

laura.rizaeva@northumbria.ac.uk