Scanning Electron Microscope
- Buyer
- University of St Andrews
- Value
- Not published
- Closes
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Guardbridge, Scotland
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
The University of St Andrews wants to buy a scanning electron microscope, a large scientific instrument that produces highly magnified images of very small samples, with an add-on that identifies the chemical elements in them. The instrument will be installed and run inside a cleanroom, a controlled room kept free of dust and contamination.
What the buyer wants
• Supply a floor-standing scanning electron microscope with a tungsten filament and an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS), which identifies elements in a sample. • Provide a model that can be installed and operated inside a cleanroom. • Compact floor-standing designs are welcome, including models whose column sits on its own electronics cabinet or on a desk. Desktop (benchtop) models are not sought.
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The notice sets no explicit qualification criteria or value, but it calls for specialist scientific instrumentation, so suppliers would need to be able to source and supply this type of equipment, which most small trade businesses cannot do.
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How to bid
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Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at procurement@st-andrews.ac.uk.
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