# UK SBS PR16233 Stable Water Isotope Instrument

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Picarro Inc\.
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 16 December 2016
- Published: 7 February 2017
- Contract start: 19 December 2016
- Contract end: 19 December 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 117a12ff-e9a2-4420-a498-fa614f109675-129132
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-613b9476-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 11/11/2016 AT 14:00 HOURS\. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER\. To express your interest in this opportunity email ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk\. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk and follow the link "Register for CCS eSourcing"\. The British Antarctic Survey \(BAS\), an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council \(NERC\), delivers and enables world-leading interdisciplinary research in the Polar Regions\. Its skilled science and support staff based in Cambridge, Antarctica and the Arctic, work together to deliver research that uses the Polar Regions to advance our understanding of Earth and our impact on it\. BAS wish to procure an additional Stable Water Isotope instrument to complement our range of analytical instruments in the Ice Core Laboratory in Cambridge\. The instrument will be installed in a standard instrumental chemistry laboratory, air conditioned to 21°C\. The instrument will be required to operate autonomously 24-hours per day to sample and measure the 16/18 oxygen and the hydrogen/deuterium stable isotope pairs\. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services \(UK SBS\) and Crown Commercial Service \(CCS\), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements\. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpssourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk by following the link "Register for CCS eSourcing"\. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number \(as provided by Dun and Bradstreet\) for the organisation you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so\. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement\. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial\.gov\.uk\. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered Bidder; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email\. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite\. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done\. The Sourcing documents can then be assessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing\.cabinetoffice\.gov\.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/117a12ff-e9a2-4420-a498-fa614f109675-129132)