Inverted Microscopes with Imaging Capability
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Carl Zeiss Ltd, Medical Division
- Value
- £45,947
- Topic
- Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Published
- 13 December 2023
Tender description
Purchase and installation of 2 Inverted Microscopes with imaging capability suitable for use within the cleanroom environment. Direct award from NHS Supply Chain, who have awarded a framework contract for Diagnostic, Pathology & Therapy Technologies and Services (2019/S 212-519575) of which Inverted Microscopes form a part of and that NHS National Services Scotland are listed as a named beneficiary on this contract. The Tissues, Cells and Advanced Therapeutics (TCAT) function within SNBTS utilise 2 (two) microscopes with imaging capability within the Jack Copland Centre TCAT Grade B Cleanroom environment to manage the assessment and quantification of Pancreatic Islet Cells post isolation. Microscopes with 0.5mm x 0.5mm gridline graticule and x5 magnification are used to visually assess islets under the appropriate magnification to give a final gridline measurement of 100µm. This allows 2 cleanroom operators to concurrently quantify number of pancreatic islet cells to a diameter of 50µm and calculate islet cell equivalents, a standardised measurement of cell count. Clinical stakeholders often request images of product as part of discussions whether to proceed with transplantation.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date13 November 2023
- Completed: Award published13 December 2023Current notice
About the buyer
NHS National Services Scotland is a national healthcare body serving NHS Scotland, and its National Procurement arm is Scotland's largest procurement organisation. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland under the buyer name Common Services Agency. Suppliers apply for those tenders to get onto a national framework. Each contract record on the register names the framework, its dates, the winning suppliers and the National Procurement contract owner. The National Distribution Service then delivers stock to hospital wards and community centres across NHS Scotland. Innovative products can be submitted through an online innovation portal.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of NHS National Services Scotland's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and transport equipment.
Relevant CPV codes
- 38000000 · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Decision makers
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