Closed tender

Laser Ablation System

Details

Value
£210,000
Topic
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published
13 April 2026
Submission
29 April 2026

Tender description

This is for the purchase of a 193nm excimer laser ablation system, with a two volume sampling chamber. We want the new laser to represent a significant step forward in our laser ablation provision. In particular we are interested in: improved performance, notably smaller, usable spot sizes for detection of pre-solar grains, more efficient transfer of material from sample to mass-spectrometer, longer life UV-optical components, better optical imaging, next generation sample cell construction and effective, easy to use software.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published13 April 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date29 April 2026

About the buyer

University of Bristol is a higher education institution that buys through its own procurement team. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks from the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and the Crown Commercial Service. Category teams advise faculties and divisions on purchases before tenders are issued. Tenders are issued directly when no suitable framework applies. The procurement team is an active member of the Higher Education Procurement Association.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Bristol's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, transport equipment and architectural and engineering services.

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