# Purchase of a Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Bristol](/buyers/university-of-bristol/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Bruker UK Limited](/contract-winners/bruker-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £293,331
- Tender value: £293,331
- Award date: 17 September 2020
- Published: 5 October 2020
- Contract start: 17 September 2020
- Contract end: 15 January 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: deb3d9be-b1f7-4931-8a64-2adb65fc7fd4-385101
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7b972be4-b07b-41e3-9a96-1cf7a723b950

## Description

The University of Bristol has a requirement for a new high performance dual source single crystal X-ray diffractometer system with high intensity Cu and Mo sources and an area detector\. This is part of a continuous investment in instrumentation and is required to replace an existing aged instrument in the X-ray diffraction facility in the School of Chemistry\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/deb3d9be-b1f7-4931-8a64-2adb65fc7fd4-385101)
