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CEFAS22-51 Olympus Microscope
This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.
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.
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
What the supplier must deliver
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.
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.
It must have a mechanical moveable x/y
It must have a mechanical moveable x/y stage with fixtures for a slide insert.
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:.
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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