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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

UKRI - RE20445 - Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£177k
Awarded1 Sept 2020
Published12 Oct 2020
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£177ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

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.

The brief

UK Research and Innovation - British Antarctic Survey are to purchase a Time of Flight Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor that will allow the measurement of the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosol.

The system being purchased is the only system in the market that is able to take measurements in very low concentrations that BAS will encounter.

Aerodyne Research Inc are the only supplier in the market that has a Time of Flight Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor that is capable of measuring the very low concentrations British Antarctic Survey will encounter.

Therefore the direct award contract was compliant under Regulation 32, (2), (b), (ii) Competition is absent for technical reasons

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The system being purchased is the only

The system being purchased is the only system in the market that is able to take measurements in very low concentrations that BAS will encounter.

02

Aerodyne Research Inc are the only supplier

Aerodyne Research Inc are the only supplier in the market that has a Time of Flight Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor that is capable of measuring the very low concentrations British Antarctic Survey will encounter.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
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