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CEFAS22-51 Olympus Microscope

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 38500000
Value£14k
Awarded18 Jul 2022
Published7 Sept 2022
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£14ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This sits below the typical range for Laboratory & Precision Equipment contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Cefas require a high-power inverted light microscope, manufactured by Olympus, with the following objectives: LCAchN 10x/0.25 PhC ∞/-/fn22.

LCAchN 20x/0.40 PhC ∞/1/fn22.

LCAchN 20x/0.55 Ph2 ∞/1/fn22.

The microscope needs to have an ultra-long condenser so that a chamber of 5cm height can fit underneath, 2 x10 eyepieces, one with a graticule, and a drop-down binocular head.

There will need to be Phase contrast ring slits which correspond to the above objectives, allowing the microscope to be used in DIC, phase contrast and brightfield.

It must have a mechanical moveable x/y stage with fixtures for a slide insert.

Equipment must be provided along with all additional items, fixtures and fittings required to make the equipment fully operational for the purposes it is required, taking into consideration: - All equipment will be supplied as new from high quality respected manufacturers and suppliers - Can meet the specification guaranteed to satisfy the requirements detailed in Schedule 1 - All equipment must be designed to operate in the conditions under which it will be used

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The microscope needs to have an ultra-long

The microscope needs to have an ultra-long condenser so that a chamber of 5cm height can fit underneath, 2 x10 eyepieces, one with a graticule, and a drop-down binocular head.

02

There will need to be Phase contrast

There will need to be Phase contrast ring slits which correspond to the above objectives, allowing the microscope to be used in DIC, phase contrast and brightfield.

03

It must have a mechanical moveable x/y

It must have a mechanical moveable x/y stage with fixtures for a slide insert.

04

Equipment must be provided along with all

Equipment must be provided along with all additional items, fixtures and fittings required to make the equipment fully operational for the purposes it is required, taking into consideration:.

05

All equipment must be designed to operate

All equipment must be designed to operate in the conditions under which it will be used.

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Source & provenance
OCID
59d85124-e2e1-4dc3-bbe3-1f2c876f0520
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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