01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- University Of Edinburgh
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Category
- goods
- CPV classification
- 42513100 — Freezing equipment
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 7 July 2025
Description
The School of Physics and Astronomy has a requirement for a ‘High Pressure Vitreous Freezer’ (HPVF); this is a device that freezes samples to extreme low temperature at an exceptionally high rate to essentially ‘freeze a sample in time’. If a sample is cooled at a slower rate ice may form within/on fragile samples (for example cells), which would swell/crystalise and destroy the nano/microstructure of the sample. Freezing at an exceptionally high rate freezes the sample faster than ice can form, avoiding this issue. This machine will be used for experimental sample preparation.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
High Pressure Vitreous Freezer
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 5 January 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
University Of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH1 1HT, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
SciQuip Ltd
Newtown, Wem, Shrewbury, UKG2, SY4 5NU, United Kingdom
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04 Provenance
Source for this process
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