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# Service & Maintenance Contract for Orbitrap ID-X Tribrid Mass Spectrometer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-maintenance-contract-for-orbitrap-id-x-tribrid-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba7d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Northumbria at Newcastle: "Service & Maintenance Contract for Orbitrap ID-X Tribrid Mass Spectrometer". Published status: complete. Contract 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:** [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £127,961 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-maintenance-contract-for-orbitrap-id-x-tribrid-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba7d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ba7d`

## 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/service-maintenance-contract-for-orbitrap-id-x-tribrid-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-06ba7d#tl-md)

## Description
Northumbria University has procured a 3-year service and maintenance contract for the Orbitrap ID-X Tribrid Mass Spectrometer to support the analytical capabilities of the NU-OMICS facility. This specialized mass spectrometry platform is critical for continuous, high-performance, and high-precision molecular characterization, small molecule analysis, and advanced untargeted metabolomics research.  
The service agreement ensures the optimal operational uptime, preventative maintenance, and high-reliability calibration of vital instrument parameters—including precise mass accuracy, multi-stage fragmentation efficiency, and ultra-high-resolution data acquisition layers—allowing researchers to maintain data consistency and support advanced multi-omics research across the full duration of the monitoring and testing cycles. 
As the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the selected provider is the sole supplier capable of maintaining this highly specialized instrumentation. No viable commercial competition exists, as only the OEM can provide the mandatory technical compliance, certified proprietary components, and factory-trained engineering expertise necessary to meet the precise scientific specifications and safeguard the existing research infrastructure.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50410000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **Thermo Electron Manufacturing T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93879`
  - Value: £127,961 † (inc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £127,961
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F058692-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-22T16:09:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T09:39:06.101Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ba7d