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# OrbiSIMS – simultaneous high-mass resolving power and high-spatial resolution mass spectrometry imaging for biological and advanced materials characterisation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/orbisims-simultaneous-high-mass-resolving-power-and-high-spatial-resolution-mass-spectrome-ocds-h6vhtk-0399e3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Physical Laboratory: "OrbiSIMS – simultaneous high-mass resolving power and high-spatial resolution mass spectrometry imaging for biological and advanced materials characterisation". 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:** [National Physical Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-physical-laboratory-gov-pc1387)
- **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:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0399e3`

## 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.
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- **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/orbisims-simultaneous-high-mass-resolving-power-and-high-spatial-resolution-mass-spectrome-ocds-h6vhtk-0399e3#tl-md)

## Description
NPL pioneered the next generation OrbiSIMS technology introduced in detail in Nature Methods (2017, PMID: 29131162).  The instrument is equipped with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ToF) for high-speed imaging of large areas or in 3D. It is also equipped with a high-field Orbitrap mass spectrometer with a mass resolving power of >240,000 at m/z 200 and a mass accuracy of approximately 1 ppm. Both ToF and Orbitrap analysers can be used simultaneously or separately. The OrbiSIMS shall be able to carry out cryogenic analysis under ultra-high vacuum with sample holder temperatures below –150 oC.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The OrbiSIMS instrument shall be equipped with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ToF) for high-speed imaging of large areas or in 3D. It shall also be equipped with a high-field Orbitrap mass spectrometer with a mass resolving power of >240,000 at ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002057-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IONTOF GmbH**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-73480`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002057-2023-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 23/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002057-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-23T16:45:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T02:15:48.023Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0399e3