Tender

High Pressure Vitreous Freezer

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    5th June 2025 00:00:00 AM

    Tender Deadline

    7th July 2025 16:00:00 PM   Expired

  • Contract Summary

    The School of Physics and Astronomy has a requirement for a ‘High Pressure Vitreous Freezer’ (HPVF); this is a device that freezes samples to extreme low temperature at an exceptionally high rate to essentially ‘freeze a sample in time’. If a sample is cooled at a slower rate ice may form within/on fragile samples (for example cells), which would swell/crystalise and destroy the nano/microstructure of the sample. Freezing at an exceptionally high rate freezes the sample faster than ice can form, avoiding this issue. This machine will be used for experimental sample preparation.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-r6ebe6-0000800799

    Publication Source

    Public Contracts Scotland

    Procurement Stage

    Tender

    Procurement Method

    Selective

    Procurement Method Details

    Competitive Procedure With Negotiation

    Procurement Category

    Goods

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    42513100

    CPV Division(s)

    42 - Industrial machinery

  • Awarding Authority

    UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

    Buyer Name

    Buyer Email

    jpike2@ed.ac.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +44 1316502759

    Buyer Address

    Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street

    Edinburgh

    EH1 1HT