Supply of a Comprehensive Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy and Microscopy Facility

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: SUPPLY OF A COMPREHENSIVE ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY FACILITY
2. Awarding Authority: Newcastle University, Newcastle University, Newcastle, GB, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7RU. Tel: 0191 208 5360. Email: dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk. (Dave Anderson)
3. Contract type: Supply contract
4. Description: The Specified ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy and microscopy facility (based at Newcastle University) will be a unique national facility to fulfil a strategically and critically important research infrastructure gap in the region. The facility aligns with the institutional strategy that includes the establishment of Centres for Research Excellence in Energy, Data and Cancer and the establishment of NU Academic Track Fellowships, several of whom will benefit from this facility. Transient absorption spectroscopy is a key tool that enables scientists to probe the identity, formation and fate of short-lived, energetic species formed on excitation with light (e.g. from a laser). It permits ultrafast optical and near infrared spectroscopy on a range of molecular, biological and functional material systems to provide critical mechanistic information on light-induced reaction pathways. This includes tracking the dynamics of key excited state and charge-transfer intermediates that lie at the heart of a vast amount of chemistry, from solar energy conversion to enzyme reactions. This national facility will support several multidisciplinary fields with substantial potential for societal and economic impact, including (1) Energy (e.g. emerging photovoltaic technology, solar-driven H2 evolution and CO2 conversion to fuels and feedstocks) research which is supported by joint, collaborative centres, the EPSRC/ISCF North East Centre for Energy Materials (NECEM) and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy at North east Universities (ReNU). (2) Photonic materials and metamaterials (e.g. Organic LEDs, energy transfer in solid state materials, 2D and 3D materials in LEDs and waveguides). (3) Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry (bio-imaging, radiochemistry, photodynamic therapy-related cancer research and drug discovery) including the Cancer Research centre and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral training MosMed. This facility is being funded though an EPSRC Strategic Equipment grant EP/W006340/1 The scope of this contract is for the supply, delivery and installation of the equipment as detailed in the ITT to the University, with after-sales support and 24 months warranty and maintenance.
5. CPV Code(s): 38000000, 33114000, 38510000, 38500000, 51000000
6. NUTS code(s): UKC, UKC2, UKC22
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region(s) of supply Tyneside
North East
Newcastle University
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity Id: DN575877
NU/1722
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Expression of Interest End Date 12.11.2021 (16:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: Keywords Microscopy, Transient, Absorption, Spectroscopy
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date 10/12/2021
End date 25/03/2022
Please refer the website above for documentation
TKR-20211014-EX-1707979