Expired contract

3024 - Cellular Electron Microscopy Equipment

Details

Value
£464,296
Duration
6 years
Topic
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Published
29 March 2018

Tender description

THIS NOTICE CONCERNS THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT for Cellular Electron Microscopy Equipment The Astbury BioStructure Laboratory (ABSL) at the University of Leeds has AWARDED A CONTRACT for four instruments to perform correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) and electron microscopy of cells & tissues. These instruments are: -A high-pressure freezer to allow rapid freezing of large and/or labile specimens whilst minimizing structural deformation; -And a freeze-substitution unit for low-temperature substitution of water by dehydrating agents and fixatives; -A cryo-ultramicrotome, for room-temperature and cryo-sectioning of samples for (cryo-)EM imaging; -And a cryo-CLEM system, to image cryo-fixed samples by fluorescent microscopy, identifying interesting biological events for further analysis at high-resolution by cryo-EM.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date23 March 2018
  2. Completed: Award published29 March 2018
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date28 March 2024

About the buyer

University of Leeds buys as a higher education institution. Framework agreements run through the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, one of six regional higher education purchasing bodies in the UK. An agreement awarded by one regional consortium is often opened up for the wider network to use. Suppliers who win a University or consortium tender become approved suppliers for ongoing business in those items.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Leeds's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment and research and development.

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