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title: "CEFAS21-144 ITT HR-GC-MS"
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# CEFAS21-144 ITT HR-GC-MS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas21-144-itt-hr-gc-ms-ocds-h6vhtk-0301ca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cefas: "CEFAS21-144 ITT HR-GC-MS". Published status: complete. Published Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: defra.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cefas](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53)
- **Published Value:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 January 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mass spectrometer
- **Delivery Location:** UKH1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £280,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0301ca`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas21-144-itt-hr-gc-ms-ocds-h6vhtk-0301ca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fgo%2F73180336017DBF089026)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cefas21-144-itt-hr-gc-ms-ocds-h6vhtk-0301ca#participate

## Description
Requirement for a gas chromatograph - high resolution accurate mass spectrometric system (GC-HRMS) to maintain and enhance Cefas’ capability for specialist environmental contaminants determination at trace and ultra-trace level in the marine environment. Critically, this enhanced capability will principally enable the targeted analysis of known hazardous substances (such as PCBs, PAHs, PBDE flame retardants, pesticides, etc…), and enable the screening of suspect and non-target chemicals of emerging concern (CECs), including characterisation of unknown substances with maximum confidence. Typical sample matrices analysed include sediments, biota (such as fish, shellfish or aquatic mammals), passive samplers or oils.
In addition, the system proposed should include an integrated option for fully comprehensive GC x GC capability to enable enhanced separation of complex mixtures originating from challenging applications and matrices. These might include sample extracts from biotic materials (e.g. livers) or fingerprinting of oil hydrocarbons (from ca C8-C10 and above) including high molecular weight biomarkers for new marker discovery and forensic application in oil spill incidents. For some applications, it is expected that quantification of substances separated by GC x GC might be required.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** Requirement for a gas chromatograph - high resolution accurate mass spectrometric system (GC-HRMS) to maintain and enhance Cefas’ capability for specialist environmental contaminants determination at trace and ultra-trace level in the marine environm...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** CEFAS21-144 HR-GC-MS (active)
  - Award id: `002752-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **LECO Instruments UK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178229`
  - Value: £280,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** CEFAS21-144 HR-GC-MS (active)
  - Signed Value: £280,000
  - Signed Date: 31/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002752-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-31T22:45:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:05:00.988Z
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