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# Tandem Mass Spectrometer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tandem-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-04d50e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust: "Tandem Mass Spectrometer". Published status: active. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/great-ormond-street-hospital-for-children-nhs-foundation-tru-nhs-rp4)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Biomedical equipment, Mass spectrometer
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d50e`

## 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/tandem-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-04d50e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tandem-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-04d50e#participate

## Description
The Authority has a requirement for two tandem mass spectrometers for a new service to develop in-house pharmacokinetic (PK) / therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) services. These should be triple quadrupole instruments each coupled to ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) hereinafter referred to as a “system”.  Each system should include an autosampler, nitrogen generator, ion bench (or equivalent) to house each instrument, appropriate vacuum pumps, column manager and all necessary computer/VDU/ computer-related accessories. Systems do not necessarily have to be identical but each system must satisfy the specification.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38433100, 38434540
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** The Authority has a requirement for two tandem mass spectrometers for a new service to develop in-house pharmacokinetic (PK) / therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) services. These should be triple quadrupole instruments each coupled to ultra-high perfor...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002035-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-21T14:21:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:14:19.424Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d50e