Published date: 10 September 2020

Last edited date: 9 February 2021

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Approach to market date: 1 February 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysis apparatus - 38432000

  • Teaching equipment - 39162100

Location of contract

PL4 8AA

Value of contract

£200,000 to £250,000

Procurement reference

EW/UoP/ThermalAnalysis/2020

Published date

10 September 2020

Approach to market date

1 February 2021

Contract start date

2 April 2021

Contract end date

28 February 2022

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The University of Plymouth will be looking to acquire a Thermal Analysis suite to service teaching and research in materials characterisation (ceramics, metals, polymers and composites), food science and chemistry. The core equipment would include:
• DTA (Differential Thermal Analysis)/DSC (Differential
Scanning Calorimetry),
• TGA (ThermoGravimetric Analysis)/DTG (Differential
ThermoGravimetry), with capability for TPO (Temperature
programmed oxidation) and TPR (Temperature programmed
reduction),
• Dilatometry/TMA (Thermo-Mechanical Analysis),
• DMTA (Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis) at a scale to
permit the determination of the effect of composite
mesostructures,
• Appropriate balances and preparation equipment


More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2020/2021 £100,000
2021/2022 £100,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Team

Address

Drake Circus
PLYMOUTH
PL48AA
England

Telephone

01752 582057

Email

procurement@plymouth.ac.uk