Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University Of Edinburgh
SC005336
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Contact person: Murray Ritchie
Telephone: +44 1316509125
E-mail: mritchi7@ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ed.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
XRF Spectrometer
Reference number: EC1016
II.1.2) Main CPV code
38433000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Supply of a high-performance, fully automated, computer-controlled sequential wavelength-dispersive XRF spectrometer. The instrument should be capable of conducting, with high precision and accuracy, quantitative, qualitative and semi-quantitative (standardless) analysis from sub-ppm level to 100%, with the capability of analysing elements from boron through to uranium.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
38500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance support of an X-Ray Diffractometer system with micro-diffraction capability and a large capacity sample changer. We also require a chiller which may either be an integral one or stand-alone. NB, limited space in the intended laboratory location for the XRD may require the proposed solution to fit within a given footprint. Suppliers are encouraged to arrange a site visit before preparing their bids.
II.2.14) Additional information
Samples will be sent out to each of the bidders for identification and quantification; this will form an important part of the tender process.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
05/02/2024
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The XRF must have the ability to analyse fused glass beads for major oxides over a wide variety of sample compositions (silicates, carbonates, clays, bauxites, soils, cements etc.), within a range of flux mixtures; 100% lithium tetraborate to 100% lithium metaborate and any mix of those two flux mixtures. The XRF must also be able to analyse pressed powder pellets for minor and trace elements from 1000’s ppm to sub-ppm levels.
The instrument should also have the option to analyse samples using and an Energy Dispersive (ED) detector as a screening tool for unknown samples.
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VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/01/2024