Atomic Force Microscope

Tender description

The College of Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh required a new state-of-the-art atomic force microscope for nanotopography imaging, quantitative nanomechanical and viscoelastic mapping, force measurements and force spectroscopy of synthetic and living materials & interfaces. Lot 1: Under Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, a contracting authority may use the negotiated procedure without the prior publication in the case of a public contract, based on the following justification: Competition is absent for technical reasons (only if it is not caused by artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists).