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# Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet for the University of Birmingham

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-supply-and-installation-of-900-mhz-superconducting-nmr-magnet-for-the-uni-ocds-h6vhtk-029b37). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet for the University of Birmingham". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Magnetic resonance imaging equipment, Nuclear magnetic resonance scanners
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,410,487 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029b37`

## Before you bid
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- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
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- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Description
HWB-NMR is a Wellcome Trust-funded National NMR Facility, and has been funded by the Wellcome Trust to provide access to ultra-high field NMR spectroscopy for the UK biomolecular user community. To build capacity and maintain state-of-the-art capability within the UK, as requested and required by our national user community, following the decommissioning of an unshielded Oxford 900 MHz magnet and acquisition of a shielded Bruker 1.0 GHz magnet we wish to procure an actively cooled, actively shielded 900 MHz superconducting NMR magnet, that will be compatible with our existing Bruker Avance III HD 900 console and cryoprobe (custom-built to fit the Oxford 900/54 magnet).  This magnet will be located alongside the Bruker 1.0 GHz magnet in the same magnet chamber.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 33113110
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** To be compatible with the existing Bruker Avance III HD 900 console and helium-cooled cryoprobe (custom-built by Bruker to fit Oxford 900/54 magnet), the national NMR facility wishes to procure a shielded, standard-bore (54mm) 900 MHz superconducting...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet for the University of Birmingham (active)
  - Award id: `005062-2021-SC9009/21-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Bruker UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186990`
  - Value: £2,410,487 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet for the University of Birmingham (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,410,487
  - Signed Date: 11/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005062-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-12T13:37:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:15:51.196Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029b37