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# Provision of Synchrotron Component of UK National Crystallography Service

[University of Southampton](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-southampton)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

18 Nov 2016

Deadline

Rolling deadline

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

The University of Southampton requires a subcontractor to deliver the synchrotron component of the UK National Crystallography Service. This will consist of a dedicated beamline scientist (1FTE) to provide expert analysis of small molecule single crystal diffraction data resulting from synchrotron access. Periodic access at least monthly would be required.

The synchrotron providing the service must meet our minimum technical specification of:

â&#128;¢ sufficiently high flux levels to allow investigation of molecular organic crystals with an average size of 20 microns

â&#128;¢ within the energy range 10-25keV

â&#128;¢ data collection times of the order of 20 minutes

â&#128;¢ automated sample changing facilities

â&#128;¢ a sample temperature environment of 30-500K

Please note that TUPE may apply.

The following link explains the UK National Crystallography Service [ncs.ac.uk](http://www.ncs.ac.uk/)

The indicative value of this project is in the region of Â£500,000 (GBP)

Additional information: Potential bidders with the genuine capability and capacity to meet the requirements set out in this PIN should confirm their interest in participating in any future tender process by confirming this interest via the University's tendering portal [in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton).

If you are not already registered as a supplier with the In-Tend Portal, you will need to register your company before accessing the PIN stage. Once registered you will need to express an interest in the project and complete the questionnaire provided to confirm your interest in the project and demonstrate why you have the capability and capacity to provide the system detailed.

This is not a call for competition.

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The Closing Time and Date for receipt of submissions is 12 Noon on Friday 22nd April 2016.

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## CPV classification

Research and experimental development services

Source

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