SEM Picomechanical Indenter (NU-Pico)
A Contract Award Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Goods)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £290K
- Sector
- INDUSTRIAL
- Published
- 14 Mar 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
North East England: NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)






1 buyer
- Northumbria At Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne
1 supplier
Description
The Contract awarded for supply of Nanoindenter or picoindenter to fit inside our Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM model: Tescan Mira 3 with GM chamber). This instrument will allow users to map surface mechanical and tribological properties of materials and correlate them to structural, morphological and chemical properties.
Total Quantity or Scope
The tender process was setup as an open tender under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Contract awarded for supply of a Nanoindenter or picoindenter to fit within University SEM (Tescan Mira 3 with GM chamber), as well as installation, training, service and 2-year maintenance contract. NU-Pico must be developed for academic and industrial researchers to perform high speed mechanical property mapping of material surfaces (surface hardness, Young’s modulus, compression, tension, fatigue, adhesion etc.), while using SEM capabilities to perform simultaneous high resolution surface imaging, chemical mapping, 3D surface profiling and phase distribution studies.
Award Detail
1 | Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools (Abingdon)
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Award Criteria
Quality | 60.00 |
Price | 40.00 |
CPV Codes
- 38511100 - Scanning electron microscopes
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=926136879 GO Reference: GO-2025314-PRO-29770574
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c8f3
- FTS 009406-2025