Awarded contract

Automatic Laboratory Floatation Cell.

Details

Supplier(s)
Metso UK Ltd
Topic
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published
18 July 2024

Tender description

The University of Exeter and Grinding Solutions Ltd have a requirement for an Automatic Laboratory Flotation Cell is to be used in the course metallurgical testing in mineral processing laboratory. The instrument will be used to conduct flotation testing. The device should include interchangeable rotors and stators, allow feeding of 2 gases and have automatic froth scraping mechanism. More information on our technical requirements is provided in the Invitation to Tender document. This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published18 July 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date18 July 2024

About the buyer

University of Exeter is a higher education institution that runs its own procurement centrally through a dedicated Procurement Services team. Suppliers register on CTM, the university's e-tendering system, to monitor and respond to opportunities as they appear. Larger contracts above this threshold are advertised nationally through Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks including the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and the Crown Commercial Service. Catering contracts run through the separate TUCO framework. Competitive tendering, not a fixed list of approved suppliers, decides who wins the work in the end.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Exeter's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

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

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