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Purchase of a Visible - Short Wave Infrared Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (VIS-SWIR FORS) System

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Buyer
The National Archives
Topic
Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Published
7 January 2020
Submission
27 January 2020
Source
uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The purpose of this Procurement Exercise is for the purchase of: 1. A fibre optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) system covering the visible and the short-wave infrared range (VIS-SWIR: 380 - 2500 nm). The system must be able to non-invasively acquire good quality spectra of the varied materials in an archival collection (such as pigments, organic dyes, inks, binding media, paper, parchment, textiles, photographic emulsions, organic coatings and adhesives, degradation products, etc.) using low illumination levels that are safe for the conservation of the materials. 2. Software (if licences are requires, these must be included, for at least 5 users) to acquire, process and analyse the spectra. Full technical requirements are given in the Invitation to Tender.

Timeline

  1. Tender published7 January 2020
    Current notice
  2. Submission date27 January 2020

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The National Archives is a public sector buyer in United Kingdom publishing tenders and awards on Stotles. Explore their procurement activity and find more opportunities like this one.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 31000000 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
  • 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
  • 48000000 · Software package and information systems
  • 72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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