Published date: 24 November 2022

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: 9 January 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Measuring instruments - 38300000

  • Instruments for measuring quantities - 38340000

    • Apparatus for measuring radiation - 38341000

    • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

    • Detection and analysis apparatus - 38430000

    • Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments - 38900000

    • Nuclear evaluation instruments - 38940000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1 to £143,000

Procurement reference

20221124113343-72814

Published date

24 November 2022

Closing date

9 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 January 2023

Contract end date

11 January 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The UKAEA require a LSC system. Primarily this will be used to measure samples containing tritium, although carbon-14 is also of inter-est. A wide energy range is required as it is likely that additional isotopes will be present in trace quantities. The LSC will be used as a quantitative scientific instrument with good background suppression and high sensitivity being key requirements. The UKAEA is not look-ing for a custom-designed system, but a high quality off the shelf instrument. It is expected that results from this system will be published in peer reviewed journals and a system that allows the highest quality publications is desired.

This system will be located in the new Hydrogen-3 Advanced Technology facility (H3AT), where it will primarily support experiments using tritium.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Nicola Adams

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Email

nicola.adams@ukaea.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority