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CEFAS26-83 Request for Quotation for Controllable Plant Growth Chamber

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000
Value£25,000
Deadline7 Aug 2026
Published8 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide

£25,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline
Published 8 Jul 2026ClosedCloses 7 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procure@cefas.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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Contract value in context
£25ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

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The brief

Cefas requires a plant growth chamber for the growth of microalgal cultures under controlled conditions.

The chamber needs to provide consistent lighting and temperature throughout with several shelves to allow for high efficiency growth of cultures held in tissue culture flasks.

The cultures need to be maintained for prolonged periods of time with growth conditions optimised towards maximum achievable cell growth rates and densities.

A large internal capacity is required in order to maintain a high number of culture flasks of either the same or multiple species of marine microalgae and freshwater cyanobacteria.

Options for gas or electrical lines into the unit are desirable but not essential.

The unit will be expected to operate in a laboratory environment with external temperatures between 15-25 °C.

As the primary use will be for the growth of marine microalgal cultures in seawater growth media, the unit will need to be able to operat

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The chamber needs to provide consistent lighting

The chamber needs to provide consistent lighting and temperature throughout with several shelves to allow for high efficiency growth of cultures held in tissue culture flasks.

02

The cultures need to be maintained

The cultures need to be maintained for prolonged periods of time with growth conditions optimised towards maximum achievable cell growth rates and densities.

03

A large internal capacity is required in

A large internal capacity is required in order to maintain a high number of culture flasks of either the same or multiple species of marine microalgae and freshwater cyanobacteria.

04

The unit will be expected to operate

The unit will be expected to operate in a laboratory environment with external temperatures between 15-25 °C.

05

As the primary use will be

As the primary use will be for the growth of marine microalgal cultures in seawater growth media, the unit will need to be able to operat.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
064148-2026
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