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Supply of High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Gamma-Ray Detector and Cryogenic Cooling System for Gamma Spectroscopy Applications

NPL Management Limited · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 20:39.

Opportunity overview

Supply and delivery of a specialist ORTEC GAMMA-X High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Gamma-Ray Detector System and associated cryogenic cooling equipment from AMETEK (GB) Limited. The procurement includes a coaxial N-type HPGe detector with carbon fibre window, remote preamplifier and high-voltage filter, J-type streamline cryostat, Möbius Recycler cooling system, detector and cryostat configuration packages, and associated accessories. The equipment will be used for high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy, ionising radiation measurement, nuclear metrology, and scientific research activities within NPL's Centre for Ionising Radiation and Metrology.

Awarded to

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AMETEK (GB) LIMITED

Matched by number
Contract value
£6.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
3 Sept 2026
Including VAT
£7.9m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02569386
Location
Leicester, UKF21, LE4 9JD, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PO00026256
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
NPL Management Limited
Id
GB-COH-02937881

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02937881

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PYDB-8862-JBYM

Address

Street Address
National Physical Laboratory
Locality
Teddington
Postal Code
TW11 0LW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI75

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking
Organisation 2
Name
AMETEK (GB) LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-02569386

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02569386

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNPL-2282-WRQP

Address

Street Address
2 New Star Road
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE4 9JD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF21

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
38300000
Description
Measuring instruments
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
38540000
Description
Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02569386
Name
AMETEK (GB) LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
4 Sept 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
4 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Dec 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
7,909,200
Amount
6,591,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
092467-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
30 Sept 2026, 15:10
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Teddington · UKI75 · TW11 0LW · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 092467-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·