# RFQ Award - Peptide Synthesizer

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [National Physical Laboratory](/buyers/national-physical-laboratory/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: CEM Microwave Technology
- Award value: £70,000
- Award date: 23 September 2020
- Published: 29 October 2020
- Contract start: 5 October 2020
- Contract end: 5 October 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: a01796ba-d979-45cb-8580-eaac43c2580f-390007
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f5b5f023-c991-41a5-9343-f92921638a0f

## Description

The National Physical Laboratory \[NPL\] requires automation to facilitate the synthesis of peptides via 9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl \(Fmoc\) Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis \(SPPS\)\. The new Peptide Synthesizer system will replace an obsolete and slow model, that is currently producing complex crude peptide mixtures; which are severely hampering productivity in Biometrology\. The new synthesizer will therefore produce high purity crude peptides, which will simplify purification and improve productivity\. Due to the intrinsically challenging properties of the peptides which are typically assembled at NPL; the new synthesizer must be capable of fully programmable thermally and/or microwave assisted reactions\. The synthesis of such challenging sequences via ambient temperature Fmoc SPPS is simply not feasible; and hence this attribute of the new system is absolutely required\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a01796ba-d979-45cb-8580-eaac43c2580f-390007)