# Purchase of a Gas Chromatograph

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University of Plymouth](/buyers/university-of-plymouth/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Markes International](/contract-winners/markes-international/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £250,000
- Award date: 10 December 2021
- Published: 1 February 2022
- Contract start: 10 December 2021
- Contract end: 28 February 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 02318a33-0948-4d83-a466-2548c446af30-506068
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af07fcfc-045f-42f7-b6bd-28d8fdb5d007

## Description

The requirements of a gas chromatographic system, with combined mass spectrometry, pyrolysis and thermal desorption analytical capacity, to analyse volatile metabolic biomarkers and track microplastic degradation in the environment

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02318a33-0948-4d83-a466-2548c446af30-506068)