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High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument

Laboratory
optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: National Physical Laboratory: "High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Physical LaboratoryScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Coverage: 59 active published awards; 23 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Physical Laboratory
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
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CompetitionNot published
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Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
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Published2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
Last source update2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLaboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03d370
What is being bought
The 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST · £800,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Thermo Fisher
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument
£800,000 · signed 2 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Physical Laboratory

Contracting authority GB-FTS-155
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  • National Physical Laboratory
    buyer

    Hampton Road, Teddington, UK, TW11 0LW
    charley.choules@npl.co.uk

  • NPL Management Ltd
    reviewBody

    Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW

  • Thermo Fisher
    supplier

    Stafford House, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, UK, HP2 7GE
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleThe 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.