Closed tender

GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T23/0039 - Atomic Force Microscope

Details

Value
£300,000
Topic
Scanning probe microscopes
Published
30 November 2023
Submission
9 January 2024

Tender description

The University is looking to procure an Atomic Force Microscope with the ability to produce high-performance measurements in liquid and air to cover multi-purpose system such as living cells, single systemsmolecules, tissues, soft polymers and composite materials. It needs to be temperature controlled with microscope use. One type of application that AFM will be used for is to look at live cells and the interaction between cells and surface and the surrounding environment. Additional information: The system will need to include image acquisition and analysis combined with a software workstation and monitor. It should be user-friendly to allow novice users to learn to operate the system quickly, without the requirement of a dedicated operator. It will have the ability to be upgraded.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published30 November 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date9 January 2024

About the buyer

Northumbria University Newcastle buys as a higher education institution, with a central procurement team overseeing all purchasing across the university. Northumbria is one of the 16 member institutions in that consortium. Larger purchases of goods, works and services go through a formal electronic tendering process. Procurement staff vet and approve every new supplier, and develop pre-negotiated contracts and monitor spend against them.

Over the past 5 years, most of Northumbria University Newcastle's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, business services and communications equipment.

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