Expired contract

120 kV Transmission Electron Microscope

Details

Supplier(s)
JEOL (UK) Ltd
Value
£354,000
Duration
4 months
Topic
Electron microscopes
Published
19 April 2024

Tender description

The University of Sheffield requires a transmission electron microscope, side entry holder and electronic detector along with the required computers for their operation primarily for: (i) imaging of negatively stained single protein molecules; (ii) imaging of resin-embedded biological and biomedical samples; (iii) room temperature tomography of the above. The system will be housed in a purpose built facility along with a number of other microscopes. In many cases it will act as a screening instrument for samples prior to preparation for cryomicroscopy. The microscope will replace our current Phillips CM100 microscope.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published19 April 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date22 April 2024
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date30 August 2024

About the buyer

University of Sheffield is a higher education institution whose Procurement Office lets and manages contracts for its schools and departments. Tenders are run through the In-Tend portal, and where required on the Central Digital Platform. The university also buys through regional and national frameworks as a member of the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, part of UKUPC. They cover catering, furniture, computing, laboratory supplies, postal services, domestic services, professional services and stationery. Once a contract is let, each school and department must buy from the contracted supplier. Lower-value purchases are handled by departments through quotation exercises.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Sheffield's contract awards have been in construction work, industrial machinery and laboratory and precision equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38511000 · Electron microscopes

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