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title: "Laser Flash Analyser System"
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# Laser Flash Analyser System

Buyer: BRUNEL UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fb914553-84fc-4cd1-b169-073877dfc7fb

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## Summary

The procurement process is initiated by Brunel University for the acquisition of a Laser Flash Analyser System, valued at £280,000. This procurement falls under the goods category, specifically within the laboratory, optical, and precision equipment sector, focused on advancing light metal research through the Future Metallurgy Centre. The procurement is currently at the tender stage, with the tender period set to close on 1st March 2021. The delivery will take place in Uxbridge, London, commencing on 31st March 2021 and concluding on 31st March 2022. This is an open procedure above the threshold meant to encourage competitive bidding.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses seeking to expand in the scientific and laboratory instrumentation market. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would find this tender particularly suitable to participate in, given its focus on high-performance technology required for advanced materials characterisation. Companies with expertise in thermal analysis instruments and those capable of delivering innovative manufacturing solutions aligned with UK industry needs are encouraged to apply.

## Notice

Further to the successful development of the Advanced Metal Casting Centre (AMCC) and the Advanced Metal Processing Centre (AMPC) within the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at Brunel University London (BUL), the third phase development, the Future Metallurgy Centre (FMC), is now being established to expand this unique national facility for light metal research in processing and characterisation for fundamental research and industrial applications. Together with the EPSRC Future Liquid Metal Engineering Hub, AMCC and AMPC, the FMC will provide high performance light alloys, resource efficient manufacturing technologies and component innovations with advanced materials characterisation facilities to meet the long- and mid-term needs of UK industry. The Light Flash Analyser (LFA) system is a thermal analysis instrument that determines the thermophysical properties (e.g. thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity) of materials over a wide range of temperatures. It involves irradiation with multiple pulses of energy provided by a Xenon lamp to heat up one surface of a sample located in a measuring cell within a sample chamber maintained at a pre-determined temperature.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a71b24a-3dd5-4ed9-b476-07dd70190033 |
| 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 | 1 Feb 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Mar 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Mar 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £280,000 |
| 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 | BRUNEL UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | UXBRIDGE |
| Post town | Southall |
| Postcode | UB8 3PH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon |
| Local authority | Hillingdon |
| Electoral ward | Colham & Cowley |
| Westminster constituency | Uxbridge and South Ruislip |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

## Release History

- 1 Feb 2021 at 09:04 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a71b24a-3dd5-4ed9-b476-07dd70190033
- 31 Jan 2021 at 21:15 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a71b24a-3dd5-4ed9-b476-07dd70190033
- 29 Jan 2021 at 18:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a71b24a-3dd5-4ed9-b476-07dd70190033

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4a71b24a-3dd5-4ed9-b476-07dd70190033
  1st February 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.brunelesourcing.com

## Provenance

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