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# School of Earth and Environmental Sciences:  StAGE laboratory  193nm Excimer Laser Ablation System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-of-earth-and-environmental-sciences-stage-laboratory-193nm-excimer-laser-ablation-s-ocds-h6vhtk-04b02c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of St Andrews: "School of Earth and Environmental Sciences:  StAGE laboratory  193nm Excimer Laser Ablation System". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £265,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of St Andrews](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-st-andrews-GB-FTS-1904)
- **Published Value:** £265,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 November 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Lasers
- **Delivery Location:** UKM72
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-of-earth-and-environmental-sciences-stage-laboratory-193nm-excimer-laser-ablation-s-ocds-h6vhtk-04b02c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b02c`

## 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/school-of-earth-and-environmental-sciences-stage-laboratory-193nm-excimer-laser-ablation-s-ocds-h6vhtk-04b02c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofstandrews)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-of-earth-and-environmental-sciences-stage-laboratory-193nm-excimer-laser-ablation-s-ocds-h6vhtk-04b02c#participate

## Description
The core objective of the project this equipment will facilitate is to establish the fundamental science component of a new Power-to-Liquids facility at the University of St Andrews' Eden campus.
To achieve this, we seek to procure via this Procurement exercise:
(i)	2 x Refinery gas analysers (RGA) that provide a complete solution for the separation of mixtures of various hydrocarbons, permanent gases, and sulfur compounds. The RGAs will be integrated with 2 reactor units for continuous in-line analysis of reactor tail gas.
(ii)	2-Dimensional Gas Chromatograph that enables detailed analysis of complex liquid product mixtures.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 38636100
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £265,000
- **Description:** Laser system:
An 193nm UV excimer laser ablation system for ablation of silicate, phosphate, oxide and carbonate minerals to make trace element and isotope ratio measurements by split-stream coupling the laser system to a multi-collector inductively-...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 034253-2024-N/a-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034253-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-10-23T08:45:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:31:41.273Z
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