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# Procurement of an X-Ray Diffractometer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-an-x-ray-diffractometer-ocds-h6vhtk-0362e3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Bristol: "Procurement of an X-Ray Diffractometer". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Sept 2022, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: tenders.bris.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Bristol](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bristol-urn-133799)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 September 2022 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Diffraction apparatus
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £185,606 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0362e3`

## 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/procurement-of-an-x-ray-diffractometer-ocds-h6vhtk-0362e3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [tenders.bris.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftenders.bris.ac.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-an-x-ray-diffractometer-ocds-h6vhtk-0362e3#participate

## Description
The University of Bristol has a requirement for a new X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) which will form part of the Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces (FaRMS), part of the National Nuclear User Facility (NNUF) project. FaRMS will be embedded in the Interface Analysis Centre (IAC), part of the School of Physics.
The requirement is comprised of a state-of-the-art XRD system with particular focus on solid materials analysis, texture, and thin film characterisation. Offers are invited for the procurement of a floor-mounted XRD system, which will be able to measure polycrystalline/powders, texture, stress/strain, reciprocal space maps, thin film reflectivity, and have a Eulerian cradle (or a similar chi, phi and height stage) for single-crystal work. The ability to add environmental stages (such as high/low temperature and gas reaction cells) is important, so a vertical scattering geometry, theta-theta machine is most likely. Additional features, such as automatic height alignment and 2D detector set up would also be highly preferred.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £180,000
- **Description:** The requirement is comprised of a state-of-the-art XRD system with particular focus on solid materials analysis, texture, and thin film characterisation. Offers are invited for the procurement of a floor-mounted XRD system, which will be able to meas...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Procurement of an X-Ray Diffractometer (active)
  - Award id: `032267-2022-Lab-2207-155-PC_2307-1`
  - Supplier(s): **SciMed Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178376`
  - Value: £185,606 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Procurement of an X-Ray Diffractometer (active)
  - Signed Value: £185,606
  - Signed Date: 20/10/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032267-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-14T16:58:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T09:06:26.449Z
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