Norway – Detection and analysis apparatus – Contract award - 25/02644 Procurement of Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatograpgy Tandem Mass Spectrometry - FHI

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) shall procure a new Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) instrument. The contracting authority has an option for the procurement of a further 1-2 instruments with the same specifications and on the same terms. The option must be taken up within 4 years from when the contract is signed. The instrument shall be used to identify and quantify trace amounts of different organic environmental pollution in different matrixes. Analysing instruments of the type fluid chromatography (LC) connected to a mass spectrometer (MS/MS) are used to measure the relevant substances. Environmental pollution is in very low concentrations in samples and we therefore need state-of-the-art instrumentation (UHPLC-MS/MS) that has sensitivity in the low nanogram area and is robust enough to analyse a large number of samples for a large breadth of organic environmental pollution. In order to carry out the large number of analyses that FHI requests, it is important that the instrument has a high guaranteed running time, has an efficient and flexible software, and that good service terms are offered.