# Mass Spectrometer

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Durham University.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Durham University](/buyers/durham-university/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [BRUKER UK LIMITED](/suppliers/bruker-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £765,275
- Tender value: £765,275
- Award date: 27 October 2022
- Published: 27 October 2022
- Contract start: 8 November 2022
- Contract end: 7 November 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 6b1f1613-19a0-48c7-b978-aae6e92d97f4-584769
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-249d433f-cf89-474e-b3ef-0da219cb59ce

## Description

VEAT NOTICE The University has a requirement to purchase an ion mobility mass spectrometer with associated liquid chromatography system for a dedicated proteomics facility\. The University has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract to Bruker Ltd, following the expiry of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice\. Additional information: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons as detailed below: • Achieve high sensitivity and near 100% ion utilisation through the use of trapped ion mobility or other technologies • Capable of separating chromatographically co-eluting positional isomers of peptides containing post-translational modifications by trapped ion mobility\. • Provide high MS/MS scan speeds exceeding 120 Hz, to allow for high throughput sample analyses using short chromatographic gradients whilst maintaining high peptide identification rates • Perform real-time database searches of peptide spectra in order to deliver a complete peptide database search result by the end of the run\. • Capable of measuring and incorporating Collisional Cross Section \(CCS\) values into the database search algorithm to improve peptide identification rates\. • Capable of highly selective targeted assays such as Parallel Reaction Monitoring \(PRM\), ideally by selecting peptide targets through a combination of mass over charge and ion mobility • Mirror new proteomic analytical hardware provided to a partner laboratory and enable method and technology transfer between the labs\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6b1f1613-19a0-48c7-b978-aae6e92d97f4-584769)