UOE/2015/024/UEMS/WH - Supply of Seven x Bench Top X-Ray Units and 6 x Assorted Kits

Lot 1 The University wishes to procure Two Bench-Top X-Ray Units and One Dosimetry Kit (“Goods”) to be sited in South Cloisters in St Luke’s campus. This will primarily be used for training student radiographers (with an intake of 63 per year from 2015/16), but also for research as the need arises.

The Two Bench-Top X-Ray Units are expected to cover all relevant subjects in the field of X-Ray Physics. • One X-Ray Unit will be a Direct Computer-Assisted Control set-up for imaging appropriate materials; and • One X-Ray Unit will be required to demonstrate Dosimetry in the field of radiography and will consist of radiation-proof X-Ray Apparatus with the following features: o Direct Computer-Assisted Control, o Data Acquisition; and o Evaluation with the necessary functionality to measure absorption due to the inverse square law, ionising energy, energy dose and equivalent dose. This should be a self-contained experimental set-up.

Lot 2 The five Bench Top X-Ray Units will need to provide the following capabilities as a minimum: • to facilitate the training of undergraduate students in experimental physics through a series of set experiments covering x-ray physics, atomic physics and crystallography; • to provide a tool for more advanced undergraduate projects that require material characterisation; • to enable demonstration of physics concepts to members of the general public. Lot 2 is formed of 6 sublots and bidders will be bidding for packages that consist of 1 x-ray machine (Lot 2.1) and a corresponding add on (Lots 2.2-2.6), the University intends to purchase all 5 package options, but reserves the right to purchase each package from separate candidates after evaluating both the technical and commercial aspects. • Lot 2.1 – 5 x Bench Top X-ray units • Lot 2.2 – 1 x Bragg Crystallography • Lot 2.3 – 1 x Duane-Hunt Law • Lot 2.4 – 1 x Laue crystallography • Lot 2.5 – 1 x Debye–Scherrer crystallography • Lot 2.6 – 1 x crystallography and materials analysis projects