Official name: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet — DTU
National registration number: 30060946
Postal address: Anker Engelunds Vej 1
Town: Kgs. Lyngby
NUTS code: DK01 Hovedstaden
Postal code: 2800
Country: Denmark
Contact person: Christian Torrendrup
E-mail: cvto@dtu.dk
Telephone: +45 23100296
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.dtu.dk

Body governed by public law

Education

Acquisition of Orbitrap Exploris with Vanquish Flex System

Reference number: 6060

38433100 Mass spectrometer

Supplies

The National Food Institute is planning to buy a new liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) instrument. The instrument will be used for target quantitative and non-target screening of small organic compounds in different food and environmental matrices (meat, fish, sludge, food contact materials, etc.). Currently the laboratory has Triple Quadrupole and Time of Flight LC-MS technologies. It is important to establish new technology (Orbitrap) to enhance the quality of the education and research platform.

This contract is divided into lots: no

Value excluding VAT: 2 500 000.00 DKK

38433100 Mass spectrometer

NUTS code: DK01 Hovedstaden

Main site or place of performance:

Kgs. Lyngby (DTU Campus).

There are increasing needs for non-target screening of unknown organic compounds in food and environmental matrices while it is also crucial to perform quantitative analysis at the same time. These compounds are often present at trace levels. Therefore, an instrument used for these analysis must be able to provide high sensitivity and high mass accuracy in order to identify and quantify chemicals at very low concentrations with high level of confidence. The ability to run a large number of samples while maintaining the quality of the analysis is also important.

Currently the laboratory has Triple Quadrupole and Time of Flight (QTOF) LC-MS technologies. It is important to establish new technology (Orbitrap) to enhance the quality and diversity of the education and research platform.

Price

Options: no

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

Explanation:

There is a growing need to examine Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) among other organic compounds in foods and environmental matrices. These classes of chemicals contain thousands of analytes with very similar chemical structure. However only a fraction of these analytes have been structurally identified by researchers. The same situation exists for other classes of chemicals such as pesticides and natural toxins. Recently, complete unknown screening is also very important for providing insights into the chemical complexity of a certain samples. In all of these applications, there is a need for very high resolution MS to ensure a significant identification of these compounds and also their metabolites/degradation products. And at the same time have the highest possible mass accuracy to discriminate interferences from analytes.

Since the analytes of our interest are often present at trace levels, the LC-MS instrument must provide both very high mass accuracy and sensitivity. The Orbitrap Exploris (Thermo Scientific) is equipped with Orbitrap technology that has a resolution capability of up to 480 000 for all scan modes and with both negative and positive ionization. This is unmatchable for a QTOF system (typical MS resolution of a QTOF system is around 60 000). The instrument also provides sub ppm (<1 ppm) mass accuracy which can be maintained for a long time. Additionally, the sensitivity of an Orbitrap is generally higher than that of a QTOF. There is also a trade-off between choosing high sensitivity or high mass accuracy in a QTOF system. The Orbitrap is the only technology that can provide super high mass resolution even at super low concentration.

The laboratory is either responsible or take part in several courses and special courses at Bachelor, Master, and PhD levels on mass spectrometry. Currently the laboratory has Triple Quadrupole and QTOF LC-MS technologies. To support the educational part, It is very important to establish new technology (Orbitrap) to expose students and course takers to a comprehensive range of modern mass spectrometry technologies.

The laboratory also participates in international ring trials of many different analytical methods where the Orbitrap technology are used. For the best direct comparison of method performance in these ring trials, there is a need to establish Orbitrap technology in our laboratory.

Thus, only the technical characteristics of a high resolution instrument based on Orbitrap technology can satisfy our need, which is patented by Thermo EP 1371081, EP 2442351, EP 1900002.

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

02/06/2021

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no

Official name: Thermo Electron A/S
National registration number: 28314388
Postal address: Stamholmen 193
Town: Hvidovre
NUTS code: DK01 Hovedstaden
Postal code: 2650
Country: Denmark

The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: no

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 2 500 000.00 DKK

Official name: Klagenævnet for Udbud
Postal address: Nævnenes hus, Toldboden 2
Town: Viborg
Postal code: 8800
Country: Denmark
E-mail: klfu@erst.dk
Telephone: +45 35291000
Internet address: http://www.klfu.dk

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Complaint that the contracting authority, contrary to the Public Procurement Act, has concluded a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the European Union Official Journal must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days from the date after a contract award notice has been published by the contracting authority in the European Union Official Journal and that contract award notice includes the grounds for the decision to award the contract directly, cf. lov om Klagenævnet for Udbud (Complaints Board for Tenders) § 7, section 3.

Official name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town: Valby
Postal code: 2500
Country: Denmark
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk
Telephone: +45 41715000
Internet address: http://www.kfst.dk

03/06/2021