Published date: 11 January 2021

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: 12 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000

  • CT scanners - 33115100

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

    • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

    • X-ray microanalysers - 38947000

Location of contract

M1 7HS

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2020-1741-CD-TB-PC

Published date

11 January 2021

Closing date

12 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

4 March 2021

Contract end date

31 January 2022

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

We have funding from EPSRC to establish a new national facility for laboratory-based CT involving a number of imaging systems (www.nxct.ac.uk). One of the modalities specified in the grant application was a full colour x-ray imaging system utilising two colour sensitive X-ray array detectors. We wish to develop and apply colour/hyperspectral CT imaging methods to correlate the structure and functionality of new materials for catalysis; batteries; nuclear waste storage/processing and tissue engineering. Spectroscopic imaging offers a unique insight into the structural and chemical properties of materials across wide range of subject areas by providing non-destructive 3D maps of changing crystal structures and elemental distributions. The methods we propose to develop can be applied to crystalline or amorphous materials by reconstructing images based on scattered rather than transmitted X-rays (e.g. XRD or PDF).

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest in this project please visit the website below where you will need to register to obtain tender documentation.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofmanchester/aspx/Home

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EPSRC

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Carter

Address

Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
M1 7HS
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161 275 2207

Email

paul.carter-2@manchester.ac.uk