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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Provision of a Serial Block Face Scanning Electron Microscope

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38511100
Value£360k
Awarded19 Jul 2023
Published11 Sept 2023
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£360ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

This is a large award for Laboratory & Precision Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,869 valued Laboratory & Precision Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University is looking to purchase an ultra-high resolution microscope system that is capable of producing 3D image (and elemental composition) data sets of resin- embedded tissue blocks using electron microscopy.

The system is for a multiuser facility serving a wide range of disciplines so it must be flexible, upgradeable easy to maintain and intuitive to learn.

A three year service agreement is to be included as part of this procurement and costed within the budget advertised.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The University is looking to purchase

The University is looking to purchase an ultra-high resolution microscope system that is capable of producing 3D image (and elemental composition) data sets of resin- embedded tissue blocks using electron microscopy.

02

The system is for a multiuser facility

The system is for a multiuser facility serving a wide range of disciplines so it must be flexible, upgradeable easy to maintain and intuitive to learn.

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Source & provenance
OCID
6d4df309-a36b-462a-8be4-f3bb9517b20d
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
2023UoS-0784
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