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# Contract for the Supply of Ambient Metals Monitoring System to the University of Birmingham

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-the-supply-of-ambient-metals-monitoring-system-to-the-university-of-birmingha-ocds-h6vhtk-02b805). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: "Contract for the Supply of Ambient Metals Monitoring System to 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):** Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £201,255 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b805`

## 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/contract-for-the-supply-of-ambient-metals-monitoring-system-to-the-university-of-birmingha-ocds-h6vhtk-02b805#tl-md)

## Description
Air Quality Supersite Triplets (UK-AQST) is a NERC funded national facility, and has
been funded by NERC capital fund to provide access to two mobile air quality
laboratories for UK atmospheric science community. The new air quality
laboratories will be paired with one of the existing supersites in Birmingham, London
or Manchester, to provide a first-ever monitoring of detailed air pollution
composition at three different types of sites, e.g., roadside, urban, and rural
(upwind) locations. As part of the newly funded UK-AQST, we wish to acquire one
online XRF ambient multi- metal monitoring system and one Fidas, exactly the same
as in the existing NERC-funded air quality supersite, for each mobile laboratory.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** To provide the comparable results with data from existing air quality supersites in
Birmingham, London or Manchester, the Air Quality Supersite Triplets wish to
procure
- Ambient Metals Monitoring System
- XRF check standards
- PM10 inlet
- PM2.5 inl...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 012435-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ACOEM UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172695`
  - Value: £201,255 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 016486-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ACOEM UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172695`
  - Value: £201,255 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 016486-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £201,255
  - Signed Date: 22/06/2021

- **Contract:** 012435-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £201,255
  - Signed Date: 02/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016486-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-14T12:34:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:00:30.290Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b805