Contract

QUB/2740/25 a Thermogravimetric Analysis – Mass Spectrometry (TGA-MS) system

  • Queen's University Belfast

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-012150

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04defe (view related notices)

Published 1 April 2025, 9:58am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Queen's University Belfast

Procurement Office, University Road

Belfast

BT7 1NN

Email

gerard.fegan@qub.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 2890971436

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKN06 - Belfast

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home

Buyer's address

https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/FinanceDirectorate/visitors/procurement/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

QUB/2740/25 a Thermogravimetric Analysis – Mass Spectrometry (TGA-MS) system

Reference number

QUB/2740/25

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 38433100 - Mass spectrometer

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Queen’s University of Belfast wishes to procure a Turnkey solution for a high-resolution/precision hyphenated TGA-MS system that can analyse the mass and evolved gas product changes associated with thermal decomposition of organic and inorganic samples in radiocarbon dating research and application.The proposed equipment will be used for cutting-edge research into the development of improved methodologies for the reliable and accurate dating of precious (material-limited) archaeological artefacts from museum collections. In particular, it will focus on the investigation, identification and removal of consolidant contamination sources under different heating regimes whilst run in parallel with an in-house ramped pyrolysis/pyroxidation/combustion (RP/RC) setup for separation/graphitization and dating of CO2 fractions. Critical to these experiments, where setups are run in parallel, is the need for the TGA-MS system to provide live overlapped presentation of the TGA AND MS data (i.e.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 38433100 - Mass spectrometer

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKN06 - Belfast
Main site or place of performance

BElfast

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Queen’s University of Belfast wishes to procure a Turnkey solution for a high-resolution/precision hyphenated TGA-MS system that can analyse the mass and evolved gas product changes associated with thermal decomposition of organic and inorganic samples in radiocarbon dating research and application.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Desirable / Qualitative Requirements / Weighting: 30

Price - Weighting: 70

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2025/S 000-005055


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

QUB/2740/25

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 April 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Particular Sciences Ltd

Dublin

Country

Ireland

NUTS code
  • IE061 - Dublin
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Queens University Belfast

Belfast

Country

United Kingdom