Request for Proposal for the provision of supply and delivery of High-Performance Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy for Materials Research with/or an optional DNP upgrade and/or NMR Probes

ABOUT UNSW:
UNSW Australia is one of the country's leading research and teaching universities. Established in 1949, it is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world, renowned for the quality of its graduates and its world class research. UNSW is a founding member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia's leading research-intensive universities, and of the prestigious international network Universitas 21. With more than 50,000 students from over 120 countries, it is one of Australia's most cosmopolitan universities. The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, seven kilometres from the centre of Sydney. Other major campuses are the College of Fine Arts in the Sydney suburb of Paddington and UNSW Canberra at the Australia Defence Force Academy.

ABOUT THE RFP:
Proposals are invited from qualified Respondents for the provision of supply and delivery of any or all of:
- High Performance 400 MHz solid state NMR system with readiness for DNP upgrade
- NMR Probes
- Dynamic Nuclear Polarization instrument compatible with instruments of major providers of 400 MHz solid state NMR systems
- High Performance 400 MHz solid state NMR system with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization instrument as listed in the RFP documentation.

IT IS NOTED THAT PROVISION OF DNP CAPABILITY MAY BE ELECTED BY UNSW FOR FUTURE ACQUISITION.
The project is national wide with reporting to UNSW, Kensington Campus at the edge of the Sydney Central Business District (CBD).