Awarded contract

Automated hydrogen-deuterium exchange (LEAP HDX)

Details

Buyer: University of Exeter
Supplier(s): Trajan Scientific Americas Inc.
Value: £168,843.9
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published: 3 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

1 of Automated hydrogen-deuterium exchange (LEAP HDX) system for interfacing with a mass spectrometer. We require an integrated and automated system with the capacity to carry out deuterium labelling of proteins (including membrane proteins) and protease digestion for delivery of labelled peptides to a mass spectrometer. The equipment is very specialised for interfacing with our other equipment and in the combination of automation, a filtration system for lipid/detergent removal from membrane protein samples along with software that can carry out the required data analysis. We are experienced in this field and Trajan Scientific are the only company able to provide a solution ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published3 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date3 March 2026
Next: Contract expiry date23 October 2027in 11 months

About the buyer

University of Exeter is a higher education institution that runs its own procurement centrally through a dedicated Procurement Services team. 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.

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-exeter.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-exeter.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-exeter.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-exeter.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-exeter.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-exeter.gov