250274 Contract for the Supply, Delivery (unloaded and positioned at the point of use), Installation, Commissioning, Warranty and Maintenance of a Bench-Top Acoustic Mixing System for Advanced Materials Research
Details
- Published
- 29 November 2025
Tender description
The School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering wishes to purchase a bench-top acoustic mixing system for advanced materials research. The system must accommodate polymers, nanomaterials, metal powders, liquids, and slurries, with vacuum and temperature control capabilities for mechanochemistry and air-sensitive applications. <br /><br />Please note it may be a requirement of the funding body associated with this procurement that delivery and invoicing take place by 31 March 2026. Where this is the case, the successful Supplier, will be asked to confirm their ability to meet the required deadline prior to the award of the Contract being confirmed.<br /><br />Where the 1st ranked Supplier is unable to meet the deadline, their Tender Response will be rejected, and the 2nd ranked Supplier will be asked to confirm their ability to meet the deadline and so on until a Supplier can confirm that the date can be met. <br /><br />Time is of the essence when it comes to delivery and invoicing of equipment within stipulated deadlines.<br />
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published29 November 2025Current notice
About the buyer
Queen's University Belfast is a higher education institution that runs its procurement through the Finance Directorate's procurement team. Suppliers register on the university's own e-tendering site to view and respond to current tenders. An accepted expression of interest opens the "my tenders" area, where full tender documents sit for registered suppliers. A Supply Chain Code of Conduct, tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, applies to every supplier. Contracts above the advertising threshold follow the Procurement Act 2023 and its regulations, in force since February 2025. The procurement team takes supplier and contract queries directly by email.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of Queen's University Belfast's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, industrial machinery and business services.
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@queen-s-university-belfast.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@queen-s-university-belfast.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@queen-s-university-belfast.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@queen-s-university-belfast.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@queen-s-university-belfast.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@queen-s-university-belfast.gov |
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