Official UK procurement notice
High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument
Authority: National Physical Laboratory
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe instrument must provide 480,000 mass resolving power, < 1ppm mass accuracy, a dynamic range of > 5000:1, scan rates up to 40 Hz and rapid polarity switching < 1 second per cycle. It must be supplied with an electrospray ion source.
CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Our large-scale instrument development mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) studies require…
Our large-scale instrument development mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) studies require high mass accuracy (<1 ppm), high mass resolving power (> 400,000) and the ability to couple to a range of third party and home-built atmospheric pressure developmental ion sources. These home-built ion sources were developed for coupling to a Thermo Orbitrap Elite instrument. This package must also have a small footprint, preferably benchtop, profile to fit into our laboratory space. Currently, of commercially available MSI instruments, the Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 480 is the only instrument to fulfil these requirements completely.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015737- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 480 is the only commercially available mass spectrometry instrument providing the following required combination of characteristics:
- Scan rates up to 40 Hz
- Benchtop, small footprint instrument.
- Compatibility with third party MALDI MSI and LESA ion sources and our existing home-built atmospheric pressure ion sources.
- The mass spectrometer is a high-resolution FT system.
- Achievable mass resolution must be greater than 400,000 FWHM at m/z 200 for all scan modes and both polarities.
A copy of the Regulatory Compliance documentation (CE or UKCA Declaration of Conformity) certificate must be provided with the instrument, which will be reviewing by NPL’s regulatory compliance expert upon receipt.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermo FisherSubcontracting: declared | £800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument · Thermo Fisher
- Signed
- 2 Jun 2023
- Value
- £800,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NPL Management LtdReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Thermo FisherAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.