--- title: "Mass Photometer" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK" published: "2022-09-23" --- # Mass Photometer Buyer: THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-939adf7c-9626-4bc0-8ce8-2e63770ec332.json) ## Summary The University of Warwick is looking to purchase a mass photometer instrument for its Advanced Bioimaging Research Technology Platform (RTP). This tender falls under the laboratory, optical, and precision equipment category and has a total value of £170,000. The procurement method is an open procedure above the threshold, with a tender period ending on October 21, 2022. The contract period is set to start on November 8, 2022, and end on November 8, 2023. Businesses specialising in measuring and control equipment are well-suited to compete in this stage of the procurement process. This opportunity presented by The University of Warwick can benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. It provides a chance for suppliers of measuring instruments and testing apparatus to engage with a service-oriented organisation that caters to various disciplines such as life sciences, chemistry, physics, and engineering. The location of the procurement is at the University's Gibbet Hill campus in Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom. ## Notice The University of Warwick has a requirement to purchase a mass photometer instrument for the Advanced Bioimaging Research Technology Platform (RTP). The Advanced Bioimaging RTP helps researchers answer their scientific questions using state-of-the-art 3D electron microscopy and light microscopy imaging equipment. Our strategy is to offer this advanced bioimaging capability and the expertise to deliver high impact results to researchers both at Warwick and beyond. The Advanced Bioimaging RTP provides the training and expertise required to operate the equipment as well as providing a service to users. Due to successful funding from BBSRC, Alert14 and more recently the founding of the Midlands Regional CryoEM Consortium (established 2017 through PS4.9M funding from MRC and partner universities Warwick, Leicester, Birmingham and Nottingham), we have one high-end microscope (Jeol 2200 FEG-TEM with internal energy filter) and a state-of-the-art camera (Gatan K2 Summit Direct electron detector), a Jeol 2100plus cryo-transmission electron microscope suitable for cellular specimens, sample characterisation and user training, and access to a FEI Titan Krios transmission electron microscope for state-of-the-art high resolution structure determination work. In order to support characterisation of challenging samples for structural biology using cryo-electron microscopy we seek a mass photometer instrument that will enable us to measure particle size distributions in complex protein samples. The Advanced Bioimaging RTP is service-oriented, and has users from multiple disciplines (Life sciences, chemistry, physics and engineering), therefore ease of use and reliable performance are essential. In order to express interest in this opportunity please go to the University of Warwick In-Tend supplier portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick). The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation. Additional information: Please refer to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick for further information. You will be able to download the full tender documents from this site. Any queries in relation to this requirement should be directed to the University of Warwick via the correspondence functionality of the In-tend system. Failure to do so may result in queries being excluded from the procedure. The University of Warwick is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the obligations under the European Public Procurement Directives, including the European Remedies Directive. Advertisement of any contract in the Official Journal of the European Union or Contracts Finder is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2dac270a-8fcb-4f56-b4f3-81edd2aa8f62 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | 21 Oct 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 8 Nov 2022 - 8 Nov 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £170,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK | | Locality | WEST MIDLANDS | | Post town | Coventry | | Postcode | CV4 8UW | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry | | Local authority | Coventry | | Electoral ward | Wainbody | | Westminster constituency | Coventry South | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38300000 - Measuring instruments - 38340000 - Instruments for measuring quantities - 38424000 - Measuring and control equipment - 38540000 - Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring - 90731800 - Airborne particle monitoring ## Release History - 23 Sep 2022 at 10:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2dac270a-8fcb-4f56-b4f3-81edd2aa8f62 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2dac270a-8fcb-4f56-b4f3-81edd2aa8f62 23rd September 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofwarwick ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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