AwardedAwarded 1 March 2026

RBGKEW1504 - Maintenance of Orbitrap LCMS systems

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · Central government

In brief

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew awarded architecture and engineering and laboratory equipment work to Thermo Electron Manufacturing T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific on 1 March 2026.

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What the notice says

Mini Competition through a APUC Framework Agreement for 'The Supply of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment (LAB1029)' The requirement is for a five-year agreement to enable the servicing, support and repair costs of two existing high-resolution/accurate mass liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HRAM LC-MS) systems to be purchased in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The two systems are both manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific and based around patented OrbitrapTM mass analysers.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Thermo Electron Manufacturing T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific
1 bid received
£119,792

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

Timeline

  1. Contract award notice · notice 035379-2026

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From notice 035379-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 17 April 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.