AwardedAwarded 7 January 2026

250166 Contract for the Supply, Delivery (unloaded and positioned at the point of use), Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of a Gravimetric Sorption Analyzer

Queen's University Belfast · Education

In brief

Queen's University Belfast awarded laboratory equipment work to Hiden Isochema Ltd on 7 January 2026.

The notice gives a value of £400,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 5 years, up to 10 years with extensions, starting 8 December 2025.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

The acquisition of a gravimetric microbalance for accurate measurement of gas uptake, sorption kinetics and thermodynamic sorption profile of a wide variety of materials, both solids and liquids

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Hiden Isochema Ltd
1 bid received
£360,000
Awarded 22 December 2025
12 January 2026 to 12 January 2031

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 063826-2025
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 064111-2025
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 085602-2025
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 001257-2026

Last time this was bought

250206 - Contract for the Supply, Delivery (unloaded and positioned at the point of use), Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of an Anaerobic Single Cell Microbial Isolation Platform

Awarded
12 January 2026
Value
£360,000
Bids
1
Contract ends
12 January 2026

Matched on Queen's University Belfast, the type of work and the title. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Procurements

55

Awards

40

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From notice 063826-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 9 October 2025, last updated 8 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.