# SEM Picomechanical Indenter \(NU-Pico\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by University of Northumbria at Newcastle.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [University of Northumbria at Newcastle](/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Oxford Instruments NanoTechnology Tools ltd](/suppliers/oxford-instruments-nanotechnology-tools/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £290,000
- Tender value: £290,000
- Award date: 13 March 2025
- Published: 14 March 2025
- Contract start: 30 May 2025
- Contract end: 29 May 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: d5a9558a-e2f8-4f25-b4e6-2729f7e3053e-833831
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-864ed685-d8b2-4cf6-a0d1-2998aa216511

## 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\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d5a9558a-e2f8-4f25-b4e6-2729f7e3053e-833831)