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title: "Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet for the University of Birmingham"
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# Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet for the University of Birmingham

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029b37

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## Summary

The University of Birmingham has completed the procurement process for the "Contract for the Supply and Installation of 900 MHz Superconducting NMR Magnet." This tender, classified under the industry category of "Magnetic resonance imaging equipment," falls into the goods procurement category. It involved the limited procurement method, awarded without prior publication of a call for competition due to the uniqueness of the required superconducting magnet. The contract was signed on 11 March 2021, with a total value of £2,410,487. The magnet will be used at the Wellcome Trust-funded National NMR Facility, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, and is expected to be delivered and installed within two months.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in advanced scientific equipment manufacturing, particularly those specialising in superconducting technology. Companies with the capability to provide actively cooled, actively shielded NMR magnets that meet the specific compatibility requirements with existing Bruker systems may find this a suitable avenue for growth. Suppliers with the necessary expertise in advanced materials and cryogenic technology are particularly well-positioned to compete for similar contracts within the fields of research infrastructure, biomedical engineering, and high-tech scientific instrumentation.

## Notice

HWB-NMR is a Wellcome Trust-funded National NMR Facility, and has been funded by the Wellcome Trust to provide access to ultra-high field NMR spectroscopy for the UK biomolecular user community. To build capacity and maintain state-of-the-art capability within the UK, as requested and required by our national user community, following the decommissioning of an unshielded Oxford 900 MHz magnet and acquisition of a shielded Bruker 1.0 GHz magnet we wish to procure an actively cooled, actively shielded 900 MHz superconducting NMR magnet, that will be compatible with our existing Bruker Avance III HD 900 console and cryoprobe (custom-built to fit the Oxford 900/54 magnet). This magnet will be located alongside the Bruker 1.0 GHz magnet in the same magnet chamber.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

To be compatible with the existing Bruker Avance III HD 900 console and helium-cooled cryoprobe (custom-built by Bruker to fit Oxford 900/54 magnet), the national NMR facility wishes to procure a shielded, standard-bore (54mm) 900 MHz superconducting NMR magnet, including active magnet cooling (built-in helium recycling), 5G stray magnetic field under 4.3 m, anti-vibration legs, magnet control unit, quench manifold/duct, gantry/platform, solid-state probe compatible, for measurement of bio-solid samples at 900 MHz.

### Procurement Information

Bruker is to the best of our knowledge the only manufacturer of superconducting NMR magnets in the world that can provide a standard-bore actively-cooled, actively shielded superconducting magnet capable of NMR spectroscopy at the required magnetic field strength, 900 MHz. Furthermore, the magnet must be compatible with the existing Bruker custom-made cryogenic probe and console, and be available for delivery and installation within two months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005062-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Mar 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,410,487 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B15 2TT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Edgbaston |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BRUKER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33113000 - Magnetic resonance imaging equipment
- 33113110 - Nuclear magnetic resonance scanners

## Release History

- 12 Mar 2021 at 13:37 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005062-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/index.aspx

## Provenance

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