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