Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c82-2fb7-7230-9dbd-a31e4d92161c/rbgkew892-repair-and-servicing-of-orbitrap-fusion-mass-spectrometer

awarded GB direct award procedure

# RBGKEW/892 Repair and servicing of Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer

[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](https://tendernation.io/buyers/royal-botanic-gardens-kew)

Estimated value

£17,796

Published

22 Feb 2021

Deadline

Closed

10 Dec 2020

## Who can bid

- Small contract value

    Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services.

## About this tender

Repair of Thermo Fisher Scientific Orbitrap Fusion high-resolution mass spectrometer, and annual preventative maintenance service contract to the Thermo Fisher Scientific liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry system of which the Orbitrap Fusion is a part.

Single Tender Action awarded on grounds that:

- The proposed supplier is the only one known to possess unique or specialised skills or articles, or which are unobtainable from any other source
- The supplier has proprietary rights
- Using a supplier other than the original supplier of the equipment would render any warranty invalid, and the equipment is so specialised that anyone other than the original supplier carrying out maintenance could raise safety issues.

## CPV classification

Mass spectrometer

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e47bcd36-ae8b-4051-8fc4-756ac98ec9bf)

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