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National Physical Laboratory

RFQ -- Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyser

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£50k
Awarded4 Sept 2018
Published19 Oct 2018
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Laboratory & Precision Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

NPL is looking at acquiring a laser diffraction system for particle analysis.

The system should be inclusive of sample handling units for both powder and wet dispersion.

NPL is expanding its consultancy service to include the pharmaceutical sector, additive manufacturing and nano-materials based products such as graphene-based and nanoparticle-based.

The laser diffraction system will be an important addition to the current particle analysis laboratory and will allow to expand our consultancy to particles in the sub-micrometer, micrometer and nanometer scale.

Importantly, the system will introduce a high through put capability for the analysis of dry and wet particle samples, and provide a high degree of sample measurement flexibility which can be flexibly applied to a wide range of industrial products.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The system should be inclusive of sample

The system should be inclusive of sample handling units for both powder and wet dispersion.

02

Importantly, the system will introduce a high

Importantly, the system will introduce a high through put capability for the analysis of dry and wet particle samples, and provide a high degree of sample measurement flexibility which can be flexibly applied to a wide range of industrial products.

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