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UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

UKRI RE19180 - Crest X-Light V3 spinning disk confocal head upgrade and 89 North 7-channel laser-diode illuminator

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Value£79k
Awarded21 Jul 2019
Published1 Aug 2019
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£79ktotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£2.3m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Electrical Machinery & Apparatus band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This award is for the purchase of a Crest X-Light V3 spinning disk confocal head upgrade and 89 North 7-channel laser-diode illuminator to a bespoke specification and design requirement.

This also includes installation and training.

This equipment was procured via ranked direct award call off under Lot 6 - New Technology and Combined Systems of the LAB1015AP Supply of Microscopes and Imaging Equipment framework agreement.

This was awarded to Cairn Research Ltd .

The equipment will be delivered to and installed at the UKRI-MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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New Technology and Combined Systems of

New Technology and Combined Systems of the LAB1015AP Supply of Microscopes and Imaging Equipment framework agreement.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
This equipment was procured via ranked direct award call off under Lot 6 - New Technology and Combined Systems of the LAB1015AP Supply of Microscopes and Imaging Equipment framework agreement.

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