Official UK procurement notice
QUB/2740/25 a Thermogravimetric Analysis – Mass Spectrometry (TGA-MS) system
Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueen’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.
CPV: Mass spectrometer
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Desirable / Qualitative Requirements: 30%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Desirable / Qualitative Requirements: 30
- Price: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Feb 2025, 09:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 09:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
QUB/2740/25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012150- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Mar 2025, 16:01 GMT
Timeline
17 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline17 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Mar 2025, 16:01 GMT
- Notice published1 Apr 2025, 09:58 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Apr 2025, 09:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Particular Sciences LtdSME | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012150-2025-QUB/2740/25-1 · Particular Sciences LtdSME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Particular Sciences LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.