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title: "High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03d370"
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# High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument

Buyer: NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d370

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## Summary

The National Physical Laboratory has awarded a contract for a "High Mass Resolving Power, High Mass Accuracy, Benchtop Mass Spectrometry Instrument" to Thermo Fisher. The procurement was for laboratory, optical, and precision equipment within the goods category. The instrument specifications required specific performance characteristics including mass resolving power and accuracy. The procurement method was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.

This tender presents a business growth opportunity for companies specializing in laboratory equipment manufacturing and supply, particularly those with expertise in mass spectrometry instruments. Businesses capable of producing instruments with high mass resolving power, high mass accuracy, and rapid polarity switching would be well-suited to compete in this type of procurement process. The contract was awarded to Thermo Fisher, a large-scale supplier in the industry, indicating the potential for significant business growth through successful participation in similar public procurement processes.

## Notice

The instrument must provide 480,000 mass resolving power, < 1ppm mass accuracy, a dynamic range of > 5000:1, scan rates up to 40 Hz and rapid polarity switching < 1 second per cycle. It must be supplied with an electrospray ion source.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Our large-scale instrument development mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) studies require high mass accuracy ( 400,000) and the ability to couple to a range of third party and home-built atmospheric pressure developmental ion sources. These home-built ion sources were developed for coupling to a Thermo Orbitrap Elite instrument. This package must also have a small footprint, preferably benchtop, profile to fit into our laboratory space. Currently, of commercially available MSI instruments, the Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 480 is the only instrument to fulfil these requirements completely.

### Procurement Information

The Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 480 is the only commercially available mass spectrometry instrument providing the following required combination of characteristics: * Scan rates up to 40 Hz * Benchtop, small footprint instrument. * Compatibility with third party MALDI MSI and LESA ion sources and our existing home-built atmospheric pressure ion sources. * The mass spectrometer is a high-resolution FT system. * Achievable mass resolution must be greater than 400,000 FWHM at m/z 200 for all scan modes and both polarities. A copy of the Regulatory Compliance documentation (CE or UKCA Declaration of Conformity) certificate must be provided with the instrument, which will be reviewing by NPL's regulatory compliance expert upon receipt.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015737-2023 |
| 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 | 2 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jun 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £800,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY |
| Locality | TEDDINGTON |
| Post town | Twickenham |
| Postcode | TW11 0LW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |
| Local authority | Richmond upon Thames |
| Electoral ward | Teddington |
| Westminster constituency | Twickenham |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THERMO FISHER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 2 Jun 2023 at 14:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015737-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.npl.co.uk

## Provenance

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