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# T24/0084 - Environmental SEM

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t24-0084-environmental-sem-ocds-h6vhtk-056605). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Northumbria at Newcastle: "T24/0084 - Environmental SEM". 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:** [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854)
- **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):** Scanning electron microscopes
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £220,820 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056605`

## 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/t24-0084-environmental-sem-ocds-h6vhtk-056605#tl-md)

## Description
Northumbria University specified a requirement for a versatile, high-resolution environmental scanning electron microscope (eSEM), capable of generating and collecting information from a variety of biological or biohybrid sample materials. The purchase will include installation, training and 2-year Service and Maintenance contract. The delivery must commence in September 2025.
The eSEM must be capable to operate in high, low and environmental mode with a wide pressure range (up to 4000 Pa). It needs to deliver high-resolution imaging and perform energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), featuring a Field Emission Gun (FEG) column. This instrument will be used for soft and biological materials, such as biopolymers, composites, and biological cells, accommodating a wide range of biological sample sizes.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Northumbria University specified a requirement for a versatile, high-resolution environmental scanning electron microscope (eSEM), capable of generating and collecting information from a variety of biological or biohybrid sample materials. The purcha...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Call-Off terms and conditions for the supply of High Value Laboratory Equipment (active)
  - Award id: `043016-2025-T24/0084 - Environmental SEM-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Thermo Fisher Scientific (FEI UK Ltd.)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-177697`
  - Value: £220,820 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Call-Off terms and conditions for the supply of High Value Laboratory Equipment (active)
  - Signed Value: £220,820
  - Signed Date: 15/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F043016-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-25T09:05:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:41:17.651Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-056605