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University of Northumbria at Newcastle

T24/0084 - Environmental SEM

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38511100
Value£221k
Awarded15 Jul 2025
Published24 Jul 2025
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£221ktotal 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

Northumbria University specified a requirement for a versatile, high-resolution environmental scanning electron microscope (eSEM), capable of generating and collecting information from a variety of biological or biohybrid sample materials.

The purchase will include installation, training and 2-year Service and Maintenance contract.

The delivery must commence in September 2025.

The eSEM must be capable to operate in high, low and environmental mode with a wide pressure range (up to 4000 Pa).

It needs to deliver high-resolution imaging and perform energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), featuring a Field Emission Gun (FEG) column.

This instrument will be used for soft and biological materials, such as biopolymers, composites, and biological cells, accommodating a wide range of biological sample sizes.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Northumbria University specified a requirement for

Northumbria University specified a requirement for a versatile, high-resolution environmental scanning electron microscope (eSEM), capable of generating and collecting information from a variety of biological or biohybrid sample materials.

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The delivery must commence in September 2025

The delivery must commence in September 2025.

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The eSEM must be capable to operate

The eSEM must be capable to operate in high, low and environmental mode with a wide pressure range (up to 4000 Pa).

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It needs to deliver high-resolution imaging

It needs to deliver high-resolution imaging and perform energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), featuring a Field Emission Gun (FEG) column.

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