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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Laser Ablation Micro-Sampling System

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 38600000 38630000 38636000
Value£200k
Awarded22 Jan 2024
Published18 Mar 2024
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£200ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University of Southampton is looking to purchase a Laser Ablation Micro-sampling System for connection to various ICP-MS instruments for the purpose of carrying out spatially resolved elemental and isotopic measurements in a wide range of earth, anthropogenic and biological materials.

We have a particular interest in fast imaging/mapping applications.

The supplied laser ablation micro-sampling system will be coupled to a range of mass spectrometers in our Research Facility including a Nu Instruments Vitesse TOF-ICP-MS, a Thermo Scientific Neoma MS/MS-MC-ICP-MS, a Thermo Scientific Neptune MC-ICP-MS, Thermo Scientific Element XR HR-ICP-MS, Agilent 8900 QQQ-ICP-MS and a Thermo Scientific X-Series ICP-MS.

The laser ablation system will be used principally for fast mapping/imaging applications in conjunction with our Thermo Scientific Neoma MS/MS-MC-ICP-MS and Nu Vitesse TOF-ICP-MS.

As such, it must be capable of achieving repetition rates of up to 1KHz with fast sample transport/washout.

It is anticipated that the system will also be used for more conventional 'analytical-type' analyses on all of our ICP-MS instruments.

The supplied system must seamlessly integrate with the hardware and software of our ICP-MS instruments to permit fully programmed/automated analyses.

The laser within the system must be capable of coupling with a wide range of materials in a range of formats.

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Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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As such, it must be capable

As such, it must be capable of achieving repetition rates of up to 1KHz with fast sample transport/washout.

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The supplied system must seamlessly integrate

The supplied system must seamlessly integrate with the hardware and software of our ICP-MS instruments to permit fully programmed/automated analyses.

03

The laser within the system must

The laser within the system must be capable of coupling with a wide range of materials in a range of formats.

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OCID
86a48982-62e7-4cd9-93d9-5e38daf145e4
Stage
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Buyer ref
2022UoS-0604
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