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# British Museum Micro CT

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/british-museum-micro-ct-ocds-h6vhtk-04c94c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Trustees of the British Museum: "British Museum Micro CT". Published status: active. Published Value: £710,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Trustees of the British Museum](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-trustees-of-the-british-museum-GB-FTS-16713)
- **Published Value:** £710,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** CT scanners, X-ray inspection equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c94c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/british-museum-micro-ct-ocds-h6vhtk-04c94c#tl-md)

## Description
The Museum is the recipient of a grant from the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The grant will enable the creation of an X-ray Imaging Centre at the Museum accessible to researchers from the UK and across the globe. The Centre will build on the X-ray imaging facilities already available at the Museum by funding the purchase of a micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) instrument, which is the subject of this procurement. The micro-CT scanner will offer significantly higher resolution than the existing setup, whilst being versatile in the size, shape and materials it will be able to scan. This will allow it to cover the wide range of material in the Museum collection and those from collaborators under the RICHeS programme.
The Museum wishes to procure the instrument, and all necessary supporting equipment and software, as set out in greater detail below in the specification. The procurement will also include delivery and installation of the instrument in the Museum’s X-ray laboratory suite in its World Conservation and Exhibition Centre (WCEC) at its main site in Bloomsbury, London. The supplier will conduct all necessary post installation tests of functionality and provide training to the RICHeS staff on use of the instrument. Post warranty maintenance services will also be provided as part of the contract.
The grant provides a budget of £710,000 (excluding VAT) for the purchase of the instrument, supporting computing hardware and software, delivery, installation, training and for a maintenance and service contract to last 5 years post installation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33115100
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The Museum is the recipient of a grant from the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The grant will enable t...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040838-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-18T16:05:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:01:25.658Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c94c