Award

Laser Ablation Instrument

  • UK Atomic Energy Authority

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-014244

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0607e8 (view related notices)

Published 17 February 2026, 12:00pm



Scope

Reference

TMN00226

Description

This tender covers The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s requirement for a Laser Ablation instrument to be used for sample introduction to an ICP-MS instrument. Apart from equipment supply, UKAEA also seeks installation support and training service from the Supplier.


Contract 1. Laser Ablation Instrument

Supplier

Contract value

  • £130,000 excluding VAT
  • £156,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Award decision date

17 February 2026

Earliest date the contract will be signed

20 February 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 20 February 2026 to 27 March 2026
  • 1 month, 8 days

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 38430000 - Detection and analysis apparatus
  • 38340000 - Instruments for measuring quantities
  • 38431000 - Detection apparatus
  • 38432000 - Analysis apparatus
  • 38433000 - Spectrometers
  • 38434000 - Analysers
  • 38600000 - Optical instruments

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Information about tenders

  • 2 tenders received
  • 2 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 2 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 1 supplier unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Supplier

Elemental Scientific Instruments Limited

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDGB-9421-RMRX

8 Avro Court, Ermine Business Park

Huntingdon

PE29 6XS

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 7916147225

Email: paul@icpms.com

Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Laser Ablation Instrument


Contracting authority

UK Atomic Energy Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLJV-1169-JTDD

Culham Science Centre

Oxfordshire

OX14 3DB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Zed Shoop

Telephone: +44 123546

Email: zed.shoop@ukaea.uk

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority

Region: UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

Organisation type: Public authority - central government