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# QUB/2740/25 a Thermogravimetric Analysis – Mass Spectrometry (TGA-MS) system

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/qub-2740-25-a-thermogravimetric-analysis-mass-spectrometry-tga-ms-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04defe). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Queen's University Belfast: "QUB/2740/25 a Thermogravimetric Analysis – Mass Spectrometry (TGA-MS) system". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## 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:** 17 March 2025 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mass spectrometer
- **Delivery Location:** UKN06
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04defe`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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-2740-25-a-thermogravimetric-analysis-mass-spectrometry-tga-ms-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04defe#tl-md)

## Description
Queen’s University of Belfast wishes to procure a Turnkey solution for a high-resolution/precision hyphenated TGA-MS system that can analyse the mass and evolved gas product changes associated with thermal decomposition of organic and inorganic samples in radiocarbon dating research and application.The proposed equipment will be used for cutting-edge research into the development of improved methodologies for the reliable and accurate dating of precious (material-limited) archaeological artefacts from museum collections.  In particular, it will focus on the investigation, identification and removal of consolidant contamination sources under different heating regimes whilst run in parallel with an in-house ramped pyrolysis/pyroxidation/combustion (RP/RC) setup for separation/graphitization and dating of CO2 fractions.  Critical to these experiments, where setups are run in parallel, is the need for the TGA-MS system to provide live overlapped presentation of the TGA AND MS data (i.e.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38433100
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 012150-2025-QUB/2740/25-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Particular Sciences Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-149257`
  - Value: £1,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 012150-2025-QUB/2740/25-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,000,000
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012150-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-01T08:58:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:26:06.504Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04defe