Published date: 7 January 2020

This notice was replaced on 14 February 2020

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Awarded contract (published 14 February 2020, last edited 14 February 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

Location of contract

OX11 0QX

Value of contract

£80,000 to £150,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PR19096 ION CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM

Published date

7 January 2020

Closing date

27 January 2020

Contract start date

14 February 2020

Contract end date

30 April 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**The final date and time for the submission of bids is 27/01/2020 at 11:00. DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.**

This requirement is for Ion Chromatography System that is capable of analysing the ion contents of ionic liquids (eg anion purity, halide impurities), anion or cation counterions in surfactants (eg sodium, lithium, potassium dodecylsulfates, metal ion impurities eg Ca) and potentially analysis of carbohydrates and amino acids, full details of which are contained in the UK SBS PR19096 Specification Document.

This requirement for ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source which is a world-leading centre for research at the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) near Oxford, in the UK. Our suite of neutron and muon instruments give unique insights into the properties of materials on the atomic scale.

The ISIS Deuteration Facility supports ISIS Users experiments by providing deuterated compounds for use within beamline experiments. The group is responsible for the synthesis of simple and more often large complex compounds. Part of this, we have a requirement to analyse the samples produced before handing over to the users. The type of samples that we produce range from simple perdeuterated fatty acids to complex surfactants where purity with respect to ion content is important. For certain systems the presence of other ions can have a major effect on the outcome of beamline experiments.

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How to Apply:

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About the buyer

Contact name

Major Projects

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk