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Switzerland - Electron microscopes - Scanning electron microscope for imaging and quantitative analysis of geological samples

Original Schweiz - Elektronenmikroskope - Rasterelektronenmikroskop zur Bildgebung und quantitativen Analyse an geologischen Proben

Open Switzerland Zürich Laboratory & precision equipment

Buyer ETH Zürich - Abt. Procurement & Export Services

34 days left

Key facts

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12:00 (UTC+1)
Procedure
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  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 42 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

41 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (Switzerland, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 41 days, half of them between 38 and 48 days, based on 7,472 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 40 days (median of its last 22 calls for tender).

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Summary

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The Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology at ETH Zurich intends to replace its existing analytical scanning electron microscope with a new system. The instrument must have a field emission source, SE and powerful BSE detectors, and a state-of-the-art energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) with a large detector area of at least 100 mm2. Offers for a panchromatic and/or monochromatic cathodoluminescence detector (entry-level model) are also welcome. The main purpose is precise, accurate quantitative EDS analyses using a strict quantification protocol with reference materials and full matrix correction (ZAF, phi-rho-z or equivalent). The large sample chamber must hold at least three petrographic thin sections and six one-inch epoxy-mounted round samples, and the system must support automated EDS analysis runs exceeding 24 hours.

Description

Das Institut für Geochemie und Petrologie der ETH Zürich beabsichtigt, sein bestehendes analytisches Rasterelektronenmikroskop (REM) durch ein neues System zu ersetzen. Dieses soll mit einer Feldemissionsquelle, SE- und leistungsstarken BSE-Detektoren sowie einem hochmodernen energiedispersiven Röntgenspektrometer (EDS) mit grossem Detektorbereich (≥ 100 mm²) ausgestattet sein. Wir sind zudem an Angeboten für einen panchromatischen und/oder einen monochromatischen Kathodolumineszenz-Detektor (Einstiegsmodell) interessiert. Hauptziel des Instruments ist die Durchführung präziser und genauer quantitativer EDS-Analysen unter Anwendung eines strengen Quantifizierungsprotokolls, das die Verwendung von Referenzmaterialien sowie eine vollständige Matrixkorrektur (ZAF, phi-rho-z oder gleichwertig) umfasst. Das Gerät muss über eine grosse Probenkammer verfügen, die Platz für mindestens drei petrographische Dünnschliffe und sechs in Epoxidharz eingebettete Rundproben (Durchmesser 1 Zoll) bietet. Zudem soll das System programmierbar sein, um automatisierte quantitative EDS-Analysereihen mit einer Laufzeit von mehr als 24 Stunden zu ermöglichen. Details siehe Pflichtenheft.

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    Comparable work is in Laboratory & precision equipment.

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    34 days left, 25 of them working days.

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    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €328,410 and €811,174.

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    The buyer has 52 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • The notice is written in German.

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What this buyer has paid before

Based on 14 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

Median award
€565,463
Middle half of past awards
€328,410 to €811,174

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The buyer

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ETH Zürich - Abt. Procurement & Export Services

Switzerland

notices in the register
52
awards
26
awarded in total
€19.9M

Who wins its contracts

Moderately concentrated
different companies won its awards
17
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
39%
of its calls state an estimated value
0%

Based on 23 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
2.5
of those lots received a single tender
35%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
15%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Laboratory & precision equipment - Switzerland

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
DE_Bruker Switzerland AG 7 €3.2M Oct 2026
FR_Thermo Fisher Scientific (Schweiz) AG 5 €3.1M Sep 2026
DE_Thermo Fisher Scientific (Schweiz) AG 4 €2.7M Sep 2026
DE_Portmann Instruments AG 3 €1.5M Mar 2026
DE_Optimatik AG 3 €1.4M Jul 2026

Based on 95 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

TED - Tenders Electronic Daily (Publications Office of the EU) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

open now in Laboratory & precision equipment
2,380
median open notice
€240,796

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

Switzerland · Laboratory & precision equipment

different companies won awards here
68
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
17%
buyers awarded contracts here
35

Based on 95 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
2.2
of those lots received a single tender
36%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
31%
of the tenders came from another country
0%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

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