3946/JN/23 - Laser-Based Lattice Light-Sheet Microscope
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Carl Zeiss Ltd, Medical Division
- Value
- £795,904.52
- Topic
- Microscopes
- Published
- 21 November 2023
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
This procurement was conducted under the APUC framework - Microscopes and Imaging Equipment including Associated Servicing, Maintenance and Repairs LAB1028 AP: Lot 3 - Laser-based Imaging Systems and Laser Components. Awarded under the ranked process. The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) is an international centre of excellence for basic and applied research in neurological disease. This is to provide the supply, installation and commissioning of a laser-based lattice light-sheet microscope for the long-term live imaging of a wide range of samples, including cultured cells, small embryos (zebrafish) and 3D cell cultures.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date17 November 2023
- Completed: Contract expiry date17 November 2023
- Completed: Award published21 November 2023Current notice
About the buyer
University of Sheffield is a higher education institution whose Procurement Office lets and manages contracts for its schools and departments. Tenders are run through the In-Tend portal, and where required on the Central Digital Platform. The university also buys through regional and national frameworks as a member of the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium, part of UKUPC. They cover catering, furniture, computing, laboratory supplies, postal services, domestic services, professional services and stationery. Once a contract is let, each school and department must buy from the contracted supplier. Lower-value purchases are handled by departments through quotation exercises.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Sheffield's contract awards have been in construction work, industrial machinery and laboratory and precision equipment.
Relevant CPV codes
- 38510000 · Microscopes
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-sheffield.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-sheffield.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-sheffield.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-sheffield.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-sheffield.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-sheffield.gov |
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