# Upgrades and Software Engineering Support for a Mass Spectrometer, including acquisition and maintenance of the equipment\.

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED](/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Microsaic Systems plc
- Award value: £120,000
- Tender value: £120,000
- Award date: 8 December 2020
- Published: 16 December 2020
- Contract start: 15 December 2020
- Contract end: 13 December 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 9cbad483-cfb2-4c7b-a468-fb496cbcd816-401106
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5499eeae-5465-417f-9257-db4c1bf007f6

## Description

provision of specialist equipment and particular software engineering support, license agreements for the existing software, and technical expertise for applications, alongside aftersales and servicing of this equipment for the contract period\. This has been single sourced on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons, and is unique in nature, and the required further development work can only be conducted by the provider due to them owning the IP\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9cbad483-cfb2-4c7b-a468-fb496cbcd816-401106)