Published date: 6 November 2019

This notice was replaced on 11 December 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 11 December 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Radiation monitors - 38341600

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£25,000

Procurement reference

tender_222571/808703

Published date

6 November 2019

Closing date

21 November 2019

Contract start date

22 November 2019

Contract end date

21 November 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

Public Health England (PHE) requires the provision of a High Purity Germanium Gamma-ray spectrometry detector for use in its Environmental Gamma Counting laboratory within the Internal Dosimetry group. The system will be used for the counting of low level and environmental samples.

The proposed solution MUST be able to fulfil all of the following requirements:

- N-Type high purity Germanium crystal detector with thin carbon endcap for improved low energy efficiency
- Suitable for gamma energies from 25keV to 2500keV
- Be a planar detector configuration with an active area between 3500 and 4200 mm2
- Have a Cryostat dipstic compatible with our existing Canberra Cryocycle and Ortec Mobius liquid nitrogen recycling system
- Compatibility with Apex Gamma and Genie software and the Lynx signal processor
- Be provided with a full Characterisation file.

If you feel that you can meet the above requirements, please email imran.rahman@phe.gov.uk.

The closing date and time for any queries is 21th November 2019 at 5.00 pm.


About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

imran.rahman@phe.gov.uk