# RBGKEW/899 Fusion Internal Calibration

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW](/buyers/royal-botanic-gardens-kew/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Thermo Fisher Scientific](/contract-winners/thermo-fisher-scientific/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £40,615
- Tender value: £40,615
- Award date: 5 February 2021
- Published: 22 February 2021
- Contract start: 5 February 2021
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: d026fa9f-78f6-456f-b5b2-b31456d2bd18-414688
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cca8ca0c-2c97-4f45-a9a6-4b61ba291cda

## Description

Internal Calibration Upgrade modification to the Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer\. Single Tender Action awarded on the grounds that: - The proposed supplier is the only one known to possess unique or specialised skills or articles, or which are unobtainable from any other source - Existing equipment is so specialised that anyone other than the original supplier providing the new part could raise safety issues\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d026fa9f-78f6-456f-b5b2-b31456d2bd18-414688)