Purchase of Magnetotelluric (MT) Equipment

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£326,052published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 6 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Phoenix Geophysics Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of Magnetotelluric (MT) Equipment

CPV: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Scotland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 12 Mar 2025, 10:02 GMT
Last source update: 12 Mar 2025, 10:02 GMT
Authority reference: NCA31099
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-008900
Classification (CPV): Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ebf0 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The purchase of five additional Magnetotelluric (MT) stations will allow a greater number of instruments to be used in the field at the same time, thus allowing a larger area to be studied, in less time. It is vital to the science that is undertaken by the users of the MT equipment that the frequency response of the magnetic sensors is the same across all equipment, as mixing and matching different types will introduce variations across the signal recorded. When the MT equipment is used in ice and snow environments such as those of the Antarctic the high impedance of the ice and snow makes electrical measurements hard to obtain. The existing supplier of MT equipment (Phoenix Geophysics) have a pre-amp system that uses a titanium electrode along with an electronics pack to measure these signals. They are the only supplier of these pre-amp systems.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:793038)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £326,0521 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 6 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Phoenix Geophysics Limited	£326,052 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008900-2025-NCA31099-1 · Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Signed
6 Mar 2025
Value
£326,052
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriffs CourtReview body EDINBURGH

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Phoenix Geophysics LimitedAwarded supplier 3781 Victoria Park Ave., Unit #3, Toronto, CA, M1W 3K5Contact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.