Published date: 19 August 2024

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


Closing: 24 June 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Mass spectrometer - 38433100

Location of contract

B4 7ET

Value of contract

£1,488,712

Procurement reference

1006

Published date

19 August 2024

Closing date

24 June 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

25 June 2024

Contract end date

24 June 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)

The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Aston University is putting out this notice as a VEAT (Voluntary Ex ante Transparency Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific for the Supply, installation, service and maintenance of an Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with Electron-transfer dissociation (ETD), Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) including Oil-Free Roughing Pump and associated equipment.

Aston University intends to award the contract without a call for competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ((32.2(b) ii.

The contract duration is expected to be June 2024 to June 2027.

Aston University requires an Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with ETD, UVPD including Oil-Free Roughing Pump and associated equipment. Thermo Fisher Scientific hold the patent on the orbitrap mass analyser and are the sole supplier of all orbitrap instruments. The orbitrap is unique in its ability to offer ultra-high resolution and mass accuracy capabilities (FWHM 480,000) which is not matched by any other type of mass analyser. The Ascend offers unmatched fragmentation capabilities, such as HCD fragmentation which is necessary for the detection of compound-specific reporter ions, and their subsequent confident identification. This level of high-performance Mass Spectrometer platform is required for the multi-omics scientific work which includes Lipidomics, protein-lipid interactions, Proteomics/oxPTMs and Native proteins that Aston University intends to conduct with the Mass Spectrometer.

The University will not enter the proposed contract before 24th June 2024

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

(VEAT NOTICE) - Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with ETD, UVPD

  • Opportunity
  • Published 14 June 2024

Award information

Awarded date

19 August 2024

Contract start date

25 June 2024

Contract end date

24 June 2027

Total value of contract

£1,488,680

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited T/A Thermo Fisher Scientif

Address

Altrincham

Reference

Companies House number: 00441506

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jacob Rankine

Address

Aston Triangle
BIRMINGHAM
B47ET
England

Telephone

0121 204 4562

Email

j.rankine@aston.ac.uk