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Public Health England

Provision of Portable Equipment to Measure Radioactive Material in People in the Event of an Emergency

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38341000
Value£4.0m
Awarded19 Aug 2018
Published6 Sept 2018
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£4.0mtotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£4.3m

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

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for the provision of 'Portable Equipment Capable of Measuring Radioactive Material in People in the Event of an Emergency' to Ametek (GB) Ltd.

Their Micro-Detective product is the only unit on the market to offer a 50 x 30mm germanium crystal in a portable electromechanically cooled package as well as having an integrated screen which allows it to perform the following functions: - Displaying and accumulating data - Zoom in/out spectra - Determine peak energies on the screen - Calibrate using Cs-137 without any additional software - Perform the isotope ID without any external data connections The initial requirement will be for 2 detectors but there is scope to purchase up to 3 more in the duration of the 3 year contract.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded

Public Health England (PHE) has awarded a contract for the provision of 'Portable Equipment Capable of Measuring Radioactive Material in People in the Event of an Emergency' to Ametek (GB) Ltd.

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Their Micro-Detective product is the only unit

Their Micro-Detective product is the only unit on the market to offer a 50 x 30mm germanium crystal in a portable electromechanically cooled package as well as having an integrated screen which allows it to perform the following functions:.

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