Expired contract

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) elemental analysis system

Details

Supplier(s)
Hitachi High-Tech
Value
£180,982
Duration
1 year
Topic
Scanning electron microscopes
Published
15 January 2025

Tender description

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice, indicating that The University of Leeds intends to enter into a contract with Hitachi Hi-Tech to purchase a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) elemental analysis system. The requirement is funded by the EPSRC. Under the terms of the funding it is a mandatory requirement that the equipment will be fully delivered on or before 31st March 2025. Hitachi High-Tech are the only vendor who can meet this deadline.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published15 January 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date31 March 2025
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026

About the buyer

University of Leeds buys as a higher education institution, and its Purchasing team issues tenders through an online portal. Suppliers register on the Delta eTendering Portal, where contract opportunities are advertised. Framework agreements run through the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, one of six regional higher education purchasing bodies in the UK. An agreement awarded by one regional consortium is often opened up for the wider network to use. Suppliers who win a University or consortium tender become approved suppliers for ongoing business in those items. Larger opportunities are also published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Leeds's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 38511100 · Scanning electron microscopes

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