Public contract award · TED 20545-2026
Supply, Delivery and Validation of a Field-deployable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometer for online elemental analysis of airborne particulate matter
University College Cork awarded this contract to Cura Terrae Air Limited on 13 January 2026, using an open procedure, and 1 bid was received. The notice publishes a value of €251,635. The published term is 24 months, to Jan 2028.
- Award decision
- Award published
- Term ends
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Who awarded it, and to whom
- SupplierCura Terrae Air LimitedNot matched to a company record
How big is it?
Larger than 57% of contract awards, and number 52 of 133 from this public body.
A log scale: each step is ten times the last. “Typical” is the median contract award, €200K.
How long does it run?
A published term of 2 years, to Jan 2028.
The term is the notice’s duration counted from the award date. A contract may be extended or end early; the notices do not say.
What the notice says
- Procedure
- Open ProcedureAny business could bid.
- Competition type
- BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
- Bids received
- 1Only one bid was received.
- Subject (CPV)
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Estimated value
- €251,635What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
- Buyer town
- Cork
- eTenders tender ID
- 6964773eTenders' own page for a tender needs a free supplier login, so this record links to the OGP open data on data.gov.ie instead.
- TED notice
- 20545-2026 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.
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The official records this page is built from.
- TED contract award notice 20545-2026 (opens in a new tab)
- eTenders awards dataset (OGP, data.gov.ie) (opens in a new tab)One file for every eTenders award: look for tender ID 6964773. eTenders' own tender pages need a login.
Cite this record
"Supply, Delivery and Validation of a Field-deployable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometer for online elemental analysis of airborne particulate matter", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 20545-2026. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-20545-2026/supply-delivery-and-validation-of-a-field-deployable-x-ray. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.
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