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title: "4165/JN/24 - Mass Photometer"
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# 4165/JN/24 - Mass Photometer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4165-jn-24-mass-photometer-ocds-h6vhtk-045a33). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sheffield: "4165/JN/24 - Mass Photometer". Published status: complete. Published Value: £254,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Sheffield](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sheffield-urn-133872)
- **Published Value:** £254,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Detection and analysis apparatus
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £264,038 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4165-jn-24-mass-photometer-ocds-h6vhtk-045a33#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045a33`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4165-jn-24-mass-photometer-ocds-h6vhtk-045a33#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsheffield)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4165-jn-24-mass-photometer-ocds-h6vhtk-045a33#participate

## Description
The University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences with funding from BBSRC is looking to procure a Mass Photometer.
We require new instrumentation that will benefit research across the faculties of Science, Health and Engineering at UoS, falling into three broad categories: 1) Biomolecular interactions of nucleic acids (e.g binding of RNA to chromatin regulators); 2) Protein Biochemistry and macromolecular assembly (e.g multimeric assembly of kinesin motors); 3) Translational Biomolecules (e.g detection of impurities during RNA therapeutic
manufacturing).
In order to guarantee the versatility needed for our different needs, the instrumentation must be able to measure changes in mass across a range of different biomolecular types. Many potential users are engaged in single- molecule research, and therefore the equipment must be based on single molecule technologies to provide information on all sub-populations of a sample rather than an ensemble-averaged sample. We also need the capability to measure samples in solution, and without the need for fluorescent or other types of label. As the equipment is being hosted in an accessible location and will be open to all users, the equipment must be easy to use and able to provide data in common formats very quickly.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** The University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences with funding from BBSRC is looking to procure a Mass Photometer.
We require new instrumentation that will benefit research across the faculties of Science, Health and Engineering at UoS, falling int...
- **Contract Period:** 25/09/2024 to 27/09/2024

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 030332-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **REFEYN LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160882`
  - Value: £264,038 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 030332-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £264,038
  - Signed Date: 15/09/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030332-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-23T13:31:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:23:56.278Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045a33