Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c15-8ecd-70f5-9004-084dfa87a447/circular-dichroism-spectrometer closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Circular Dichroism Spectrometer [University of Southampton](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-southampton) Estimated value £80,000 to £90,000 Published 10 May 2017 Deadline Closed 24 May 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The University of Southampton are tendering for a Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometer to be placed within a multi-user environment in the School of Chemistry. The primary function of the instrument will be the analysis of chiral interlocked molecules and their response to small chiral analytes as part of a European Research Council Consolidator Grant awarded to Dr Stephen Goldup. Capacity permitting during the ERC CoG award, and once the period of the grant has ended, the instrument will also be made available to other researchers in Chemistry and the wider University whose interests include protein secondary and tertiary conformation studies, protein folding studies, nucleic acid interactions, characterization of chemistry products and evaluation of binding and conformation of proteins, peptides and nucleic acids. The University of Southampton is a large and multidisciplinary institution. Due to the breadth of anticipated applications over the lifetime of the instrument, and the multi-user environment we require a user-friendly, sensitive, accurate, reliable and flexible CD spectrometer, with the possibility to upgrade and expand functionality in the future. Additional information: This tender will be conducted electronically and tender documents can be downloaded from the web portal (In-Tend) provided earlier in this notice. [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 before accessing the tender documents. Once you have logged in as a supplier, click on current tenders and locate the tender documents by clicking on the reference number detailed in section IV.3.1 of this notice. Further instructions for the submission of tender are below. (Please note, to preserve the integrity of the tendering procedure, all queries must made be via In-Tend). To submit your return, please follow the instructions below: - Log In - My Tenders - View Tender Details - View Documents - Browse and Upload each part of your return (or Zip File) - Once ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the - My Documents for Return - use - Submit My Return -. You are only permitted to submit once. Due to the nature of this service it was not deemed suitable to be split into lots. In accordance with Regulation 50, paragraph (2) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and subject to Article 5 and Annex 5, Part D (13) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, the University intend to publish the contract value at contract award stage, and reserved the right to do so. By submitting a tender response tenderers are consenting to publication of this information unless otherwise agreed in advance with the University. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No Read full description ## CPV classification Spectrometers Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/afbc46d9-9f51-4a26-9f95-09564cda1f85) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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