# Laser Diffraction Particle Sizing System

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Plymouth](/buyers/university-of-plymouth/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Malvern Panalytical Limited
- Award value: £100,000
- Award date: 4 February 2022
- Published: 12 April 2022
- Contract start: 4 February 2022
- Contract end: 4 February 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: e085537b-0bb5-41ab-ba1d-51c1ed9cb3c8-527786
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7e5a5632-e60b-4b67-9bc6-23b22e551b60

## Description

The University of Plymouth \(UoP\) has a strong heritage and expertise in the agri-tech sector, and in 2002 activities were centralised on the main campus\. Success with soil research continues, with recent examples including the Re-Con Soil Project \(€2\.5 million\) and Agri-Tech Cornwall \(£10 million\)\. Prof\. Mark Fitzsimons is working towards a soils centre of excellence at UoP that will involve a number of national organisations\. A third of the demand for this instrument derives from work on micro-plastics pollution, another area at the forefront of research recognised by UoP's third Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2020, which will continue to grow\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e085537b-0bb5-41ab-ba1d-51c1ed9cb3c8-527786)