Forensic Science Northern Ireland
DOJ - FSNI - Supply, Delivery and Support of a Benchtop Glass Refractive Index Determination System
£120,000 — stated in the notice
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This sits in the upper-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.
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Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI) is seeking to establish a contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of a new benchtop Glass Refractive Index Determination System in ERU’s Physical Methods team.
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