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# QUB/2065/21 - Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Scanning Spectrofluorimeter

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2065-21-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-and-maintenance-of-a-scanning-spect-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queen's University Belfast: "QUB/2065/21 - Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Scanning Spectrofluorimeter". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Apr 2021, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Queen's University Belfast](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/queen-s-university-belfast-GB-NIC-101788)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 April 2021 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Spectrographs, Spectrometers, Spectroscopy devices
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2065-21-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-and-maintenance-of-a-scanning-spect-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029dd3`

## 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/qub-2065-21-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-and-maintenance-of-a-scanning-spect-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fqueensuniversitybelfast%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2065-21-supply-delivery-installation-commissioning-and-maintenance-of-a-scanning-spect-ocds-h6vhtk-029dd3#participate

## Description
The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering wish to purchase a Scanning Spectrofluorimeter. This is intended to be an ‘allround’ instrument for the School, serving a diverse range of users in the School.The instrument is expected to have the ability to run single solid or liquid samples, as well as multiwell plates (96-well plates). Spectral coverage should range up to 980 nm with wavelength accuracy of at least +/- 1 nm. Ability to measure time-resolved, time-gated and temperature-dependent photo-excitation and emission spectra in the UV-Vis/Near InfraRed region, have the ability to measure excited state lifetime and quantum yield and should have phosphorescence and fluorescence lifetime measurement capabilities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 33114000, 33151300, 38433000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Scanning Spectrofluorimeter (active)
  - Award id: `012780-2021-QUB/2065/21 - Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Scanning Spectroflu-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Edinburgh Instruments**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168019`
  - Value: £100,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Scanning Spectrofluorimeter (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 27/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012780-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-08T11:01:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T22:01:06.971Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029dd3