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SEC-MALS and DSC

Aston University

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Birmingham
Delivery: United Kingdom
Contract value
£270,719ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
24 September 2026

Procurement

Procedure type
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
CPV classifications
  • 38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

What happened

Aston University awarded this contract to Waters Limited worth £270,719 on 18 Sept 2026.

Description

This procurement is for the purchase, delivery, installation, commissioning and initial user training of two items of capital research equipment for the Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME): a TA Instruments Discovery DSC 2500 differential scanning calorimeter and an integrated Waters

SEC-MALS system comprising size-exclusion chromatography, multi-angle light-scattering and refractive-index detection. Both systems will be supplied with dedicated manufacturer PCs and the

required control and analysis software.

The DSC will support the thermal characterisation of polymers, biomaterials, pharmaceuticals and other advanced materials. The SEC-MALS system will enable the separation and absolute molecular-weight, size and distribution analysis of macromolecules, proteins, polymers and nanoparticles.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Award value
£270,719
Award date
18 September 2026

Contact

Address
Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B47ET

Identifiers

Buyer reference
1316
Notice ID
090744-2026
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779ed

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