Published date: 12 February 2016

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: 29 February 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Analysers - 38434000

  • Installation services of laboratory equipment - 51430000

  • Research laboratory services - 73111000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£70,000 to £85,000

Procurement reference

MT170691

Published date

12 February 2016

Closing date

29 February 2016

Contract start date

31 March 2016

Contract end date

31 May 2016

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

Measurement of the physical properties of surfaces and interfaces is key to understanding how liquids, gases and solids interact upon contact. In the first instance the measurement will provide information about how a solid is wetted by a particular liquid and secondly, enable material interactions to be optimised by understanding their fundamental hydrogen bonding, dispersion and polar forces present in dispersion processes. Furthermore, the use of iGC (Inverse Gas Chromatography) can help to understand diffusion kinetics and solubility parameters, properties that affect the performance and processing of many materials. The ability to understand these properties will greatly enhance the capability of the National Formulation Centre.
Inverse gas chromatography is a physical characterization technique that is used in the analysis of the surfaces of solids. Traditional GC is an analytical technique.
Inverse gas chromatography or IGC is a highly sensitive and versatile gas phase technique developed over 40 years ago to study the surface and bulk properties of particulate and fibrous materials. In IGC the roles of the stationary (solid) and mobile (gas or vapor) phases are inverted from traditional analytical gas chromatography (GC). In GC, a standard column is used to separate and characterize several gases and/or vapors. In IGC, a single gas or vapor (probe molecule) is injected into a column packed with the solid sample under investigation. Instead of an analytical technique, IGC is considered a materials characterization technique

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About the buyer

Contact name

Steven Thomas

Address

Thomas Wright Way
NETPark
Sedgefield
TS21 3FG

England

Telephone

+44 1642455340

Email

e-tendering@uk-cpi.com

Website

www.uk-cpi.com/tender