Contract award · 2 Apr 2025

School of Chemistry: Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffractometers

University of St Andrews awarded “School of Chemistry: Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffractometers” to Rigaku Europe SE for £667k on 2 Apr 2025.

Laboratory & precision equipmentScotland

Value £667k
WinnerRigaku Europe SE

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
University of St Andrews · Body governed by public law
Value
£666,666
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Laboratory & precision equipment · Instruments for checking physical characteristics (CPV 38400000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date2 Apr 2025
  2. Published8 Apr 2025Published 6 days after the contract date

Description

The School of Chemistry requires two modern single-crystal X-ray diffractometers to collect high quality diffraction data from a wide variety of crystalline samples, with the flexibility to upgrade the instruments in future. To be considered, one of these must have a Mo K micro-focus sealed tube X-ray source, the other a Cu K micro-focus sealed tube X-ray source. The instruments must conform to UK legislation concerning safety and the environment. Please see tender documents for full description of the requirements. Additional information: All tenders for the University of St Andrews are administered through our eTendering System (InTend).To Express an Interest please go to our tender website at https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofstandrews Please note that 'Notes of Interest' placed via PCS (Public Contracts Scotland) are not automatically accepted

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