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title: "Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer"
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# Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thermal-ionisation-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cardiff University: "Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer". Published status: complete. Published Value: £750,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 May 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-coh-rc000089)
- **Published Value:** £750,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 May 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Mass spectrometer
- **Delivery Location:** UKL22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £625,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thermal-ionisation-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42`

## 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/thermal-ionisation-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcardiffuniversity%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thermal-ionisation-mass-spectrometer-ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42#participate

## Description
The School of Earth and Environmental are seeking a Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) specifically equipped with low-noise collectors. The system must also be provided with an outgassing system to clean filaments. The equipment will be located in an existing isotope laboratory with air conditioning. We will use the equipment to analyse the isotope composition of non-gaseous chemical elements (e.g. Nd, Pb) at precision of c. 30-50ppm/amu internal precision (±2SE) and external reproducibility (±2SD) while consuming c. 1ng of analyte or less.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 38433100
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The School of Earth and Environmental are seeking a Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) specifically equipped with low-noise collectors. The system must also be provided with an outgassing system to clean filaments. The equipment will be loca...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029210-2023-CU.1134.SF-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Thermo Fisher Scientific**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PTND-1582-BZLR`
  - Value: £625,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029210-2023-CU.1134.SF-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £625,000
  - Signed Date: 19/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029210-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-04T08:59:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:20:08.672Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03bf42