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# SEC-MALS and DSC

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sec-mals-and-dsc-ocds-h6vhtk-0779ed). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ASTON UNIVERSITY: "SEC-MALS and DSC". 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:** [ASTON UNIVERSITY](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/aston-university-urn-133787)
- **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
- **Awarded Value:** £270,719 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0779ed`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/sec-mals-and-dsc-ocds-h6vhtk-0779ed#tl-md)

## Description
This procurement is for the purchase, delivery, installation, commissioning and initial user training of two items of capital research equipment for the Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME): a TA Instruments Discovery DSC 2500 differential scanning calorimeter and an integrated Waters 
SEC-MALS system comprising size-exclusion chromatography, multi-angle light-scattering and refractive-index detection. Both systems will be supplied with dedicated manufacturer PCs and the 
required control and analysis software. 
The DSC will support the thermal characterisation of polymers, biomaterials, pharmaceuticals and other advanced materials. The SEC-MALS system will enable the separation and absolute molecular-weight, size and distribution analysis of macromolecules, proteins, polymers and nanoparticles.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This procurement is for the purchase, delivery, installation, commissioning and initial user training of two items of capital research equipment for the Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME): a TA Instruments Discovery DSC 2500 differential ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 090744-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WATERS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-182524`
  - Value: £270,719 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 090744-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £270,719
  - Signed Date: 17/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F090744-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-24T15:56:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:41:01.526Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0779ed